Drop A Letter / Hints

The following clues lead to two words. The answer to the second clue is the first clue answer minus one letter with no anagramming necessary. Each letter that's dropped is shown in the letter pool. Each clue uses a distinct letter from the pool. Identify the two words and the letter that was dropped.

Example: floor covering > insertion point mark = carpet > caret (P)

F

4 > 3 Letters

-1. flat-bottom boat > plant
-2. silly > every
-3. pare > fish

5 > 4 Letters

-4. vapor > plant part
-5. wind instrument > string instrument (f)
-6. abut > painful remark
-7. animal skin disease > animal hair (m)
-8. short role for a famous star > arrived
-9. proverb > disfigure
-10. approaching the afterlife > minor surface damage
-11. serenity > tempo (p)
-12. grumble > a port possibly
-13. winter wear > wound evidence (s)

6 > 5 Letters

-14. phantom > fury
-15. tap > aspect
-16. shudder > more reserved
-17. word with keg or baby > fuel
-18. botch > musical instrument
-19. fair > insignificant
-20. solicitor > ply
-21. animal > cash
-22. shirt > scoundrel
-23. unkempt > stormed

7 > 6 Letters

-24. seasons > prefers

17. powder/power - D

20. lawyer layer

24. flavors > favors

3. Peel - Eel <`}}}}><

14. wraith wrath

A perfect start!

Happy New Year to you too, Cheryl

Nice fish Koala...I should have known you'd take that one

18. bungle/bugle - N

22. blouse/louse - B

23. ragged/raged - G

Morning Cue.

16. shiver shier

9. maxim maim

Indeed! Good solves!

6. touch/ouch - T
12. whine/wine - H
15. faucet/facet - U

8. cameo came

21. monkey money

12. whine wine

1. scow/sow - C
2. zany/any - Z

19. pretty petty

4. steam stem

10. dying ding

A lot of them solved now.

I had the clues reversed in #5. I fixed it now.

Added the first letter for the first answer word.

7. mange mane

Thanks, manxman

11. peace pace (did you mean e?)

13. scarf scar (did you mean f?)

Hi Cue.

Good ones, Curly. I was giving you the starting letter of the first word.

I did however, have "F" as the dropped letter in two of the clues. So, the last one also drops an "F".

5. flute lute

Thanks, Remi