Chain Gang

(A la Pandora) Join these 13 words into a chain. Pick one word to start. The word that follows will do at least one of the following: (a) rhyme with it, (b) be an anagram of it, (c) have the same meaning, or (d) have one letter different. Work forward and backward to complete the chain. The first and last words will not connect. For example: state, great, large, lager, later

-anger, auger, caper, clear, crape, frank, grape, grope, lacer, prank, racer, range, scope

You made short work of this, michele.