Disemvowelling

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. Dark-haired person / main force
-2. Dance / part of tool that fixes to the handle
-3. Putting in place / undercover operation
-4. Means of transport / duty
-5. Dominant / measure of speed
-6. Pathway / water-surrounded land
-7. Bonnet / container
-8. Weird / lake
-9. Wild animal / imperfection
-10. Large heavy knife / crash

8. eerie/erie

Hi Rog.

Hi Remi - good solve!

1. Brunet/brunt

(I was not previously aware of the masculine form of brunette)

6. aisle / isle

3. siting/sting

Great answers, all of them!

Me neither Lex, but I guess it makes sense given blonde/blond...

2. tango/tang

4. Taxi, tax

Bernie

7. hood/hod

Yes, yes and yes!

5. alph / LPH ?

Not that one, Gail - think very fast...

9. mara / mar

5. macho / mach

10. Parang/prang

Nice finish, everyone!

Great answer, michele - I actually had "dingo / ding" but yours is well worthy of a cigar.

Mrs Worrier and I have a friend who keeps maras. Trouble is they tend to escape and finish up in the nearby village, where the local inhabitants now refer to them as "Were-rabbits" (à la Wallace and Gromit)!