BE A BETTER ANAGRAMMER - LXXXVI

Each word on the left is one letter off form another word - whose initial letter is given at the right. Can you determine the other word?

1. WENT - W 

2. CROW - C

3. HABIT - B

4. PRIME + E

5. SHORT - O

6. MOTEL - E 

7. IMAGE - M

8. SPRAIN - S

9. HERMIT - T

 

HINTS:

1. Threads on a loom

2. Animal

3. Wash

4. Realm

5. Alternative

6. Some overdo it

7. Legerdemain

8. Helix shape

9. Prosper 

Answers:

 

1. WEFT (or WEPT)

2. CHOW

3. BATHE

4. EMPIRE

5. OTHER

6. EMOTE

7. MAGIC

8. SPIRAL

9. THRIVE