ANOTHER THREE BY WILL SHORTZ

1. If you drop the consecutive letters VE from BEAVER, you end up with BEAR, thus changing one animal name into another. The name of what animal becomes the name of another animal when you drop the consecutive letters ONG?

2. A certain seven letter word starts with the letter R and ends with the letter E. Inside are two words which are opposites of each other, one after the other. What is the full word?

3. What two rhyming words are both synonyms of GAG--in two different senses?

FIRST HINTS:
1. The first three letters of the second animal make up a common animal-sound word.
2. The full word means the common, usual way things occur during a day.

SECOND HINT:

1. The animal-sound word is MOO.

Answers:

1. Mongoose to Moose
2. ROUTINE (out and in)
3. Choke and Joke