Drop Me A Letter

Drop the number of letters from the first answer to get the second. No anagramming required.

-1. drop 2 letters from method (6) to get shoot
-2. drop 3 letters from sediment (7) to get mail
-3. drop 2 letters from acknowledge (6) to get revise
-4. drop 1 letter from submit (7) to get dislike
-5. drop 1 letter from lay (5) to get rate
-6. drop 2 letters from thumb drive use (7) to get phase
-7. drop 2 letters from problem (7) to get Russian currency
-8. drop 2 letters from contrary to (7) to get profits
-9. drop 2 letters from obey (6) to get security for debt
-10. drop 2 letters from sex (6) to get inheritable factor

7. trouble / ruble

10 - gender - gene

8. against/gains

1. system/stem

6.Storage/stage

2. deposit/post

9. listen / lien

4. present/resent

Hi Cue.

Great solves!

5. place/pace

3. credit / edit

Good solves. Those were pretty tough!