Sunday Puzzle: Two Words, Scrambled Please

THE WEEKLY QUIZ FROM NPR PUZZLEMASTER WILL SHORTZ   https://www.npr.org/2023/07/16/1187565845/sunday-puzzle-two-words-scrambled-please

I’m going to give you some six-letter words. For each one rearrange the letters to get two three-letter words in the same category.   Ex: REGALE (parts of the body) –> EAR, LEG

1. BEATEN (insects)

2. GENIAL (alcoholic beverages)

3. ARDENT (colors)

4. BAITER (things to wear)

5. TACKLE (animals)

6. LAUGHS (boys’ nicknames)

7. SHARIF (trees)

8. AUTHOR (Greek letters)

9. ORIOLE (resources from the earth)

10. THEIRS (possessive pronouns)