Each of these clues gives a hint to a word which is an anagram of the given consecutive alphabetic string, with one letter changed. The answers are:
| massages | RSTU | RUBS |
| pen | IJKL | JAIL |
| stole | CDEFGHI | FILCHED |
| sharp object | ABCDE | BLADE |
| Norse god | IJKL | LOKI |
| hammer | IJKLMNO | MJOLNIR |
| ground | RSTU | TURF |
| meme | DEFG | DOGE |
| woe | EFGHI | GRIEF |
| walks heavily | OPQRST | TROMPS |
| like some hair | VWXY | WAVY |
| storied | ABCDEF | FABLED |
In each answer, you must read the new letter (i.e. the one that was not listed in the alphabetic string). Doing this spells out BALL OR FORMAL, which clues the answer, DANCE.