The definition on the left in each pair will give you a seven letter word. Take one letter out of that word, then rearrange the remaining letters into a six-letter word that matches the definition on the right. (Hint: if you're not sure of the seven-letter word, try working backwards by figuring out the six letter word and adding a letter.) When you have solved all the pairs, look at the removed letters, in order.

Sport with strikes and spares _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ Creature you might see on Hallowe'en

Genre of author Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ First name of author who wrote Green Hills of Africa

Another name for tungsten _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ describes attire worn at a prom

an important point in math _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ Movie starring Nicole Kidman, Alec Baldwin and Bill Pullman

City where Mickey Mouse can be found in the Sunshine State _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ "Terminator" who can be found running for Governor in the Golden State

Missing aviatrix Amelia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ Capital of Zimbabwe

Mythical creature who is half horse, half man _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ It's not nice to fool Mother _____

Give a better job to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ Caveat ______ (buyer beware)

Comedienne Carol _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ "I can't believe it's not ______"

Ceiling, in French _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ Homeland of Pope John Paul II, Chopin and Lech Walesa

What a recording artist wants his song to get on the radio _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ A place where bees are kept

Japanese warrior class _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ One of the Three Musketeers

Carmen who married Rodman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ OPEC, e.g.

Anglo-Saxon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ Transportation in "Jingle Bells"

South American country on the equator _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ First name of writer Welty, author of The Ponder Heart

Rare celestial event in which the sun or the moon is blocked from view _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ A join between two lengths of rope or twine by interweaving strands

Alan of the moon, or Sam of “True West,” “Far North,” and “Paris, Texas” _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ A guide who’ll take you to the top of the world

Wisconsin city SE of Racine _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ James Bond likes his martinis this way, not stirred

Aaron of "In the Company of Men" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ Malicious computer programmer

A car, a Michigan city, or an Ottowa Indian chief _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ A favorite herb of felines

Burr of "Perry Mason" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ Day of week the show might have been on?

Edith on "All in the Family?" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ Something one-armed found in a casino