DROP ME A LETTER
Credit: LA Times Crossword - Aug. 3, 2008
Norma Steinberg (adapted)

Each clue below can be answered with a familiar phrase in which one of the words serves double duty. That is, it is used intact and also in wordplay - when one of its letters is dropped. You are given the clue and the dropped letter. Can you determine the phrase? For example, given the clue

Straightforward way to look at dieting - dropped letter C, the answer phrase would be

AS A MATTER OF FA(C)T.

1. Bribes - dropped letter K
2. Let them be so-so - dropped letter E
3. Connected to nature - dropped letter G
4. PETA's position - dropped letter O
5. Kooky wish granter - dropped letter F

HINTS:
1. Grease
2. It's in French
3. Wind
4. Down on
5. Cinderella

Answers:

1. GREASE MON(K)EY
2. LAISSEZ - FAIR(E)
3. (G)ONE WITH THE WIND
4. DOWN ON ALL F(O)URS
5. (F)AIRY GODMOTHER