PRESTO - CHANGE-O  XVII

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles
August, 2019

Each group below contains four unrelated words. Change one letter in each word to make four new, related words. No other re-arrangement of the letters is needed. For example, given

MARK, COAT, POSY, FOOL - the answer words would be
MARE, COLT, PONY, FOAL - - -  all horses

1. CRANK........CHATTER.....BREAD..................SNAG
2. GAB.............CHASE..........HOPE......................RAFT
3. SHOP............DINE.............WINCE......................CUB
4. GRATE........RACK............MARE............... ..RACING
5. PAT...............TAG...............CUP........................BESET
6. ACT..............KINK.............QUEER...................BACK
7. YOKE..........QUIT..............PAN......................CRONY
8. LANE..........TOIL..............AROUND.................DIET
9. BETTER......NONE............MASSAGE.......MASSIVE
10. STOUT.......ROSE.............BEAM.......................TILL

Answers:

1. CRANK, SHATTER, BREAK, SNAP
2. GAP, CHASM, HOLE, RIFT 
3. CHOP, DICE, MINCE, CUT
4. GRADE, RANK, MARK, RATING
5. HAT, TAM, CAP, BERET
6. ACE, KING, QUEEN, JACK
7. JOKE, QUIP, PUN, IRONY
8. LAND, SOIL, GROUND, DIRT
9. LETTER, NOTE, MESSAGE, MISSIVE
10. SNOUT, NOSE, BEAK, BILL