These clues, listed alphabetically, lead to a word ladder where one letter is changed from the previous word to create the next word. Your mission is to recreate the ladder.

Example:

determination, female spouse, fish breather, spend time pleasurably, word with cover and scout

will, wife, gill, wile, girl -- Put in order -- girl - giLl - Will - wilE - wiFe

The ladder will start and stop with words that have some type of connection.

4-Letter Ladders

-1. does away with, fishing needs, rug rats, tennis score, took the bus, wander
-2. friendship, musical composition, tie, water pipe or bell sound, word with brain and thunder
-3. donate, gardener's need, talk wildly, tear open, seize
-4. a nanny?, carry, cherished, pig, Sound of Music "Do", water craft
-5. bane, effort, mail, pig meat, remainder, window on a ship

5-Letter Ladders

-6. beach, commence, end, ogle, opted, pursue, stockpile, task
-7. board, carafe, carpenter tool, coat, conflict, flute, side, speedy superhero, style

6. shore, start, cease, stare, chose, chase, store, chore

start - starE - stOre - sHore - Chore - choSe - chAse - cEase

4. goat, boat, boar, bear, dear, deer

3. take, rake, rave, rive, give

5.

pest, work, post, pork, rest, port

work, pork, port, post, pest, rest

Perfect!

2. bond, song, bind, bong, bird

song, bong, bond, bind, bird

7. plank, flask, plane, plate, clash, glass, flank, flash, class

glass-class-clash-flash-flask-flank-plank-plane-plate

1. kids, rids, rods, rode, rove, love?

Finished perfectly