Drop A Letter

The following clues lead to six and five letter answers respectively. The answer to the second clue is the first clue answer minus one letter with no anagramming necessary.

Example: floor covering > insertion point mark = carpet > caret

-1. bends > escapes
-2. comrade > sauteed
-3. creed > contradict
-4. crystalline mineral > unit of measure
-5. digit > more delicate
-6. firm > hackneyed
-7. flip > still
-8. Green Bay athlete > car model
-9. guiding light > hog product
-10. hidden > hiding place
-11. insult > pastel
-12. intellect > type
-13. jeopardy > fury
-14. livestock area > marine organism
-15. Looking Glass says she's a fine girl > identifying mark

3.Belief/Belie

2. friend / fried

9. beacon /bacon

Good start ladies!

5. finger > finer

6. stable/stale

You won't be surprised I worked backwards, again.

8. packer/pacer

8. Packer/Pacer

Too slow.

11. slight/light

Hi Cue.

13. danger > anger

Everyone's on the money!

No, I'm not surprised, Joan

Hi, Remi

1. flexes -> flees

4. quartz, quart

Good ones, Gerry and Bob

7. invert/inert
12. genius/genus

Yes!

10. covert/cover

14. corral / coral

15.Brandy/Brand

Polished off rather nicely!