GIVE AND TAKE
Credit: GAMES Magazine
Nov/Dec, 1981
Henry E. Leabo

By shifting a single letter in each pair of words below from one word to the other, you can create a pair of synonyms - with no re-arrangement of the remaining letters. The shifted letter may come from either word. For example, given the clue pair POTION - PIERCE, the letter R can be removed from PIERCE and inserted into POTION to form the synonyms PORTION - PIECE.

1. TINES - BIDS
2. BAWL - FRIGHT
3. SIZE - GRIPE
4. SHOVEL - HACK
5. SASH - CULT
6. RELINE - LICE
7. SURGED - PURRED
8. SPINY - GRATE
9. SHEAVES - CATS
10. SEVER - HEARD
11. LEANED - SARGE
12. SCENT - RAISE
13. ARENA - RAGE
14. CUTTER - LITTLER
15. FLOAT - BRING
16. CLOCKS - LATHES
17. FARCE - FONT

Answers:

1. TIES - BINDS
2. BRAWL - FIGHT
3. SEIZE - GRIP
4. HOVEL - SHACK
5. SLASH - CUT
6. RECLINE - LIE
7. URGED - SPURRED
8. SPIN - GYRATE
9. HEAVES - CASTS
10. SEVERE - HARD
11. LEARNED - SAGE
12. ASCENT - RISE
13. AREA - RANGE
14. CLUTTER - LITTER
15. FLAT - BORING
16. LOCKS - LATCHES
17. FACE - FRONT