Shrinkwords

Given a wacky story as context, fill in each blank by removing a letter from the previous word and rearranging what is left. Example from box: To bring off this party trick requires great PANACHE. You have to eat a XXXXXX while balanacing a XXXXX nut on the XXXX of your neck and a XXX on your nose. With the answers being canape, pecan, nape and pea.