Doublets: Resolutions on the Brain

Anyone else have resolutions on the brain? Today’s game gets you ready to embrace the upcoming year.  

Use the first clue to find the first three-letter word. For the remaining words (also three letters each), find the word that fits the clue and can be created by changing only one letter of the previous word.

_____       the night before (The deadline for resolutions!)

_____       a contraction for what you own (Resolution: declutter your stuff?)

_____       anger (Resolution: just let it go?)

_____       abbreviation for a standardized test often taken prior to post-graduate studies in the
                   U.S. (Resolution: expand your mind, continue your training?)

_____       a command to turn to the right (Resolution: pick a direction and get moving?)

_____       maiden name indicator (Resolution: out with the old?)

_____       recent development (And so it begins!)

Example

OLD     Advanced in years

ODD     Not even

ODE     Poem musing on a particular subject

Answers to Etymatching Christmas Songs

1) silent, 2) ring, 3) hark, 4) joy, 5) jolly, 6) gentlemen, 7) peaceful, 8) faithful, 9) figgy, 10) jingle, 11) ivy, 12) holly

Image courtesy of One Way Stock, Onewaystock.com.