Five word ladder

[taxlady]

Reals - Lairs

 

[luckytrim]

Lairs - Lapis

 

[taxlady]

Lapis - Tails

 

[luckytrim]

Tails - Altos

 

[taxlady]

Altos - Salts

 

[luckytrim]

Salts - Salat (Second Pillar of Islam)

 

[taxlady]

(Salat surprised me. It means lettuce or salad in Danish.)
Salat - Flats

 

[luckytrim]

Flats - False

 

[taxlady]

False - Lease

 

[luckytrim]

Lease - Elves

 

[taxlady]

Elves - Veals

 

[luckytrim]

Veals - Caves

 

[taxlady]

(I wondered why there hadn't been a reply. I thought I had posted my reply, but I see that I had just gotten as far as figuring out the answer and checking that it hadn't been used. )

Caves - Cafes

 

[luckytrim]

Cafes - Safes

 

[taxlady]

Safes - Fasts

 

[luckytrim]

Fasts - Asset

 

[taxlady]

Asset - Tesla

 

[luckytrim]

Tesla - Elate

 

[taxlady]

Elate - Aglet

 

[luckytrim]

Aglet - Angel