Delete two letters from the answer to the first cueword (LONGER) to get the answer to the second cueword (SHORTER) without any other re-arrangement of letters.

With winter now gone, for nice weather

   we're due.

When a picturesque, LONGER day

   comes into view,

I'll happily visit the London Park Zoo

And see birds of SHORTER,

   perhaps some ducks too.

 

Answers:

 

PRETTY

PREY

 

Credit:
The Enigma

May, 2021

BROBBERTY