BE A BETTER ANAGRAMMER CXII

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

1. RISEN - C

2. TEASE - S

3. HEAVY - H

4. STRIDE - D

5. RAVINE - V

6. THREAT - R

7. CRADLE - L 

8. ACCORD - D

9. CENTRAL - L

10. VALANCE - V

HINTS:

1. Color

2. Vapor

3. Animal

4. Want

5. Different

6. Choice word

7. It may be a loss

8. Fabric

9. Camp light, perhaps

10. Chemistry word

Answers:

 

1. CERISE

2. STEAM

3. HYENA

4. DESIRE

5. VARIED

6. RATHER

7. LEADER

8. DACRON

9. LANTERN

10. VALENCE (outermost electron of an atom) 

      [Valance is decorative drapery.]