Disemvowelling with helpful(?) hint...

Another mixture of new/recycled disemvowellings…

Remove one vowel from the first answer to give the second. Do not rearrange any of the remaining letters. Eg. Organ/male deer (heart/hart).

-1. Article of clothing / facial features
-2. Unit of size / unit of volume
-3. Cavalryman / mythical creature
-4. Ill-humoured / fictional detective
-5. Scam / item of furniture
-6. Clearing / showy flower
-7. Supple / mechanical equipment for construction etc
-8. Strictly defined / abstract
-9. Proceed with little or no effort / group of players
-10. Flower / 25 pounds

6. glade / glad

Good start, Bob!

3. dragoon / dragon

Good one, Cue!

10. Peony, pony (had to take this one Rog)

Bernie

9.Coast/cast

8. precise / precis

Thought it might be a Brit, Bernie...

Great solves, everyone!

Ha! Learned a new term today. When I saw Bernie's answer, my first thought was, "Does a pony keg contain 25 pounds of beer?"

4. morose / Morse

7. Pliant - Plant

5. bunko bunk

You and Koala should get together...

Excellent solves, everyone!

2. pinch, inch?

Nice try Gerry, but afraid not...

2. mile, mil

2. point, pint

Bob gets it, Gail, but I've made a note of yours for the future!

Hint added...

1. Chinos/chins

Looks good to me, young Lex!