Sometimes, just by changing the vowel, you can make five different words.
Ex: To disallow something; A shortened form of Founding Father Franklin's first name; A receptacle for garbage (abbreviated); The French word for good; A leavened and slightly sweetened bread roll.
Answer: ban Ben bin bon bun.

-1. The juice of a tree. 3 letters each
The ninth month (abbreviated)
To drink a little amount at a time
Thoroughly soak through
To eat the evening meal

-2. The amount of matter in a body. 4
In an untidy state
A young unmarried lady
Tiny flowerless plants that reproduce by spores
To make bedraggled.

-3. The ultimate. 4
For fear that...
To incline to one side
To be unaware of one's location
One of the seven deadly sins

-4. Struck lightly with the palm of the hand. 6
Fondled or caressed
An olive with its stone removed
Planted into a container
Played a shot on the green in golf.

-5. A non-rigid container. 3
To plead for something
Large
An area of wet muddy ground
A glitch in a computer program

6. Oscar winner for "The Aviator" (first name). 4 (Hint) C---
A collective noun for badgers
To quote
A shelter for livestock
Shrewd.

-7. To chop. 4
A mild interjection of annoyance
A culturally unsophisticated person
To pawn an item
The shortened version of the name of a Mark Twain eponymous hero.

-8. A yellowish-brown colour. 3
X in Roman numerals
A metallic element
A measure of weight
A cask for containing beer.

-9. A person from Denmark. 4
A low sand hill by the sea
To eat a meal
Completed
A sand ridge formed by the wind

-10. More insipid. 7
A kitchen appliance used to puree food
An appliance that restricts the vision of a horse
More lightly coloured hair
To make a stupid mistake

1. sap, Sep, sip, sop, sup

4. Patted, petted, pitted, potted, putted

Good morning, thanks.

2. mass, mess, miss, moss, muss

Good one Michele.

8. tan, ten, tin, ton, tun

5. A non-rigid container. 3
To plead for something
Large
An area of wet muddy ground
A glitch in a computer program


Bag, Beg, Big, Bog, Bug

3 - last, lest, list, lost, lust

7. hack, heck, hick, hock, huck

Good ones.

Bumping up since we posted at the same time, curly. Not sure if you saw my answer.

10. Blander, Blender, Blinder, Blonder, Blunder

9. Are the first and last answers to No. 9 definitely different words, curly ??

I saw your answer now OB, thanks. Good one Jimbo. Yes Mad.

Sorry, curly, I meant to ask if the 2nd and 5th words for No. 9 are definitely different !!

I did some googling so I'll say yes, Mad.

I did say yes Mad.

Thank you both very much .... In that case I am now stumped and have retired from the contest !! 😏😁😏

LOL, Mad! Just take a guess!

Well, I'm totally confident of four of them but I can only come up with the same answer for nos. 2 and 5

9. Dane, dene, dine, done, dune

Thank you, Marian !!

I have never heard of a “dene” AT ALL …. let alone as being a “low sand hill near the sea”.
So I would never have been able to answer the question …. 😱

Thanks Marian. Nice try Mad.

6. Cate, cete, cite, cote, cute

Good morning