Each four-word group below represents a two-word name or phrase with four letters changed. To find the original, you need to replace one letter per word with one of the four in parentheses (not in proper order), and eliminate the first and third spaces. Example: Jill Inks Mob Tank (bang) becomes Billings, Montana. All of the answers belong to the same category.

-1. wild dam sari yak (loin)
2. old vet molds with (grim)
-3. rash bell hum melt (adit)
4. we lea cut per (hail)
-5. shed wool under sin (road)
6. hug eve done slo (nice)
7. rub era seer word (hoot)
-8. any holy trill opt (note)
-9. go urge mete dish (tore)
-10. them more due icer (rods)

5. Sherwood Anderson

3. Dashiell Hammett

10. Theodore Dreiser

9. George Meredith ?

All correct!

1. William Saroyan

8. Anthony Trollope

Yes to both!