Eight words have split up into two sets because one set has changed and the other has not. To reunite them, change one letter of each of the words in the first set. While the result may not make a word, it will pair up with a word in the second group, either before or after it, to make a whole new word. When finished, anagram the eight replacement letters into a new word. As you may have guessed, all nine words belong to the same category. Can you name the words and, lastly, the category?

-1. tom
-2. farm
-3. lone
-4. gel
-5. kilt
-6. tec
-7. ale
-8. gum

-a. bus
-b. par
-c. fat
-d. lea
-e. can
-f. fur
-g. ton
-h. day

7 e - canape - changed the l

7e is correct, OB, but you changed the wrong letter. Yes, it works, but not within the puzzle as a whole. Try again!

1C fathom (changed tom to hom)

Yes!

3f. furlong (change lone to long)

8d. league (change gum to gue)

6b. parsec ( change tec to sec)

All three good!

5g. kiloton (kilt -> kilo)

Yes!

4. bushel ( gel for hel) ???

2h. faraday (change farm to fara)

Both correct! There's only one left to do plus the bonus word.

7 e canule ( ale to ule) ???

7e. candle ( change ale to dle)

Nice try, curly, but michele's got it. Now who's going to find the bonus word?

Oops.

hogshead

Well done, OB!