#WordWednesday Answers for two doublets (and a few more to try):

Here are the answers to the two doublets I posted yesterday:

APE – apt (or ope) – opt – oat – mat – MAN (I don't know how Carroll did it in five links.)

FLOUR – floor – flood – blood – brood – broad – BREAD

And if you're hooked...

Go from SLEEP to DREAM with five links.
Increase ONE to TWO with six links.
Turn BLACK into WHITE with six links.