You remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words,

When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.

1. Money on hand -> Olive-like tree
2. Resurrection day -> Daisy-like flower
3. Make thoroughly wet -> Nut tree
4. Ordinary writing -> Flower with prickly stem
5. Backbone -> Evergreen tree
6. Plants with showy flowers -> Stands; ascends
7. Steering wheel -> Hardwood tree
8. Flowering plant -> Intimate friend

Solution -

1. Cash - Ash
2. Easter - Aster
3. Soak - Oak
4. Prose - Rose
5. Spine - Pine
6. Irise - Rise
7. Helm - Elm
8. Clover - Lover.