Here are a few tips about word ladders:
-First off, about the points where the length of the words change: I suppose it's valid to do that given that the instructions say to, but it may be helpful to specify that the first word is five letters. Also, normal word ladders don't do this, so you should probably say that we have a varying-length word ladder in the title.
-Second, you've got several places where you change the same letter twice in a row (CAST-BAST-PAST, and RASH-BASH-SASH). That should be avoided as much as possible when writing word ladders.
-Another thing, "More than one mop" is a bit too obvious of a clue, since you have a word that's almost the same as the answer in the clue itself. Saying something like "Things janitors use" would work better. |