LETTERS ONLY V

BEFORE AND AFTER
Credit:  GAMES Magazine - Oct. 1998
Stephen Sniderman

Choose the appropriate letter whose name, when pronounced, can be added to the end  of a word to create an entirely different word. For example, adding an S (ess) to FIN gets you FINESSE. There is at least one solution that uses each of the 23 letters once and only once. (H, U, and W are not used.) I have starred (*) clues which I know can be answered by more than one letter (though there may be others).

1. FIN + _ 
2. SEWN + _
3. FRIZZ + _  *
4. EUNICE + _   [an acronym]
5. DAY + _
6. BONDS + _
7. TENDON + _
8. CROW + _
9. WIN + _
10. RASH + _
11. MAIN + _
12. BLEW + _
13. PASSED + _
14. JIGGLE + _   *
15. TANNED + _
16. MISS + _  *
17. MANNA + _
18. GREW + _
19. COURT + _
20. DIRE + _
21. COW + _   [an island]
22. MORE + _ 
23. RUE + _  

Answers:

1. FIN + S = FINESSE
2. SEWN + R = SONAR
3. FRIZZ + B = FRISBEE
4. EUNICE + F = UNICEF
5. DAY + Z = DAISY
6. BONDS + I = BONSAI
7. TENDON + C = TENDENCY
8. CROW + K = CORQUET
9. WIN + D = WINDY
10. RASH + N = RATION
11. MAIN + G = MANGY
12. BLEW + J = BLUE JAY
13. PASSED + L = PASTEL 
14. JIGGLE + O = GIGOLO
15. TANNED + M = TANDEM
16. MISS + Q = MISCUE
17. MANNA + T = MANATEE
18. GREW + V = GROOVY 
19. COURT + X = CORTEX
20. DIRE + E = DIARY
21. COW + Y = KAUAI
22. MORE + A = MORAY
23. RUE + P = RUPEE