Conventional drop a letter quiz: Solve first clue, take away one letter, form an anagram from the remaining letters, and continue the process.
1. Heightening, or LBJ policy in 1965. (10 letters)
2. Boundary between shore and sea. (9 letters)
3. Ten that need occasional clipping. (8 letters)
4. Projecting part of a battle front. (7 letters)
5. Join up. (6 letters)
Start over with new 10-letter word:
6. Translates. (10 letters)
7. Person or machine employed in a bowling alley. (9 letters)
8. What accrues on principal. (8 letters)
9. Notations in a ledger or diary. (7 letters)
10. The whole thing. (6 letters)