Word Ladder - Part Two

good for you, Scooter....I was stuck, still am

elms

(thanks pj)

melt

metals 

sallet : medieval helmet: a light helmet protecting the head and the back of the neck, worn in the late Middle Ages

last 

spat

(not that I would do such a rude thing...)

flumes

stapler

paste

set

tense

senates

teens

net