Vintage—Eating—Tinge—Gent—Ten—Né—"e"

Rasa Ming-Ozu has unearthed a cache of "slimmables" from the 1990s! To play at home, copy the boldfaced words on a piece of scratch paper; slim away; then check your answers!

versify
verify
fiver
five
fie
if
i

omnibus
nimbus
numbs
snub
sun
us

startling
starling
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
i

elastics
elastic
castle
least
east
tea
at
a

benign
being
bing
bin
in
i

pottery
poetry
trope
port
tor
or
o