TALK and SHOW can be connected by a chain of words, changing only one letter at a time in each word. I’ve provided clues to each word in the ladder. However, the clues are not provided in order, so you’ll have to reconstruct the word ladder after getting all the answers. Can you do it?

TALK

1. Aluminum ___
2. Back-to-school season
3. Dirt in a chimney
4. Do poorly, as on a test
5. It’s connected to the ankle
6. Like most basketball players
7. Play a joke on
8. Used a gun

SHOW