LA Times Crossword

Bruce Haight

CLIMBING THE FOOD CHAIN

 

This puzzle is a word ladder. Change one letter in each answer, without any re-arrangement of letters.

 

1. Dough, slangily

2. Bit of luck

3. Dismal

4. Sheepish remark

5. Made holy

6. Fabulous time

7. Dispense with modesty

8. Doomed, slangily

Answers:

 

1. BREAD

2. BREAK

3. BLEAK

4. BLEAT

5. BLEST

6. BLAST

7. BOAST

8. TOAST