BE A BETTER ANAGRAMMER XCIV

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

1. MAVEN - V

2. OCCUR - C

3. MASCOT - C

4. IMPALA - S

5. HOTBED - D

6. REGARD - D

7. COUGAR - G

8. FUNGUS - U

9. CARPET - A

10. DANCER - R

HINTS:

1. Poison

2. Some people hold it

3. Habit

4. Food

5. One in the red

6. Risk

7. Oscar, for one

8. Not famous

9. Consent

10. Bad-smelling/rotten

Answers:

 

1. VENOM

2. COURT

3. CUSTOM

4. SALAMI

5. DEBTOR

6. DANGER

7. GROUCH

8. UNSUNG

9. ACCEPT (also ASPECT)

10. RANCID