Word Ladder - Part Two

fatter (what else lots of us are now too)

treat

Tet

taste

smatter

matte

eam

uncle (especially maternal) (wiki).

lea

slake

anklets

sneak

ask

smack 

unsmack

manus

Manus, a masculine first name derived from the Latin meaning "hand" or "fist," and, less commonly, a "band of men," ... (wiki)