GIVE AND TAKE IV
Acknowledgements:
Idea: Pamela Wylder
(GAMES - Give and Take - Sept. 1999 - posted 11/2/14)
Resource: Regis Modesta
(GAMES - Family Reunions)
Joseph Appel

In each pair of words below, remove a letter from one word and add it to the other. Then re-arrange the letters in both words to form two new words naming items that belong to the same category.

For example, given the word pair RENEGE - GROAN, you would transfer an E from RENEGE to GROAN and anagram the results to form GREEN - ORANGE - two colors. The transferred letter may come from either word. [As a solving hint, the categories that the two anagrammed words belong to are given below the clues. Using the hints significantly reduces the challenge of the puzzle.]

1. CLAIM - CAT
2. REPTILE - LIDS
3. VALUES - HORN
4. ARMFUL - SCORE
5. SUAVE - STATE
6. SUN - ABSENT
7. NAIL - SUBLET
8. NIL - PELICAN
9. ORANGE - UNIT
10. LAPTOP - DRAIN

HINTS:
The categories are:
1. Minerals
2. Baseball
3. Lakes
4. Art
5. Museum pieces, perhaps
6. Food
7. Music
8. Pointy things
9. Cities
10. Ancient Greeks

Answers:

1. MICA - TALC
2. TRIPLE - SLIDE
3. SLAVE - HURON
4. MURAL - FRESCO
5. VASE - STATUE
6. NUTS - BEANS
7. LATIN - BLUES
8. NAIL - PENCIL
9. GENOA - TURIN
10. PLATO - PINDAR