Change the words below into new ones by re-arranging the letters and adding the same two letters to each word.

SAKE
RAVE
LEAP
RIMS
SOME
SEAR
LICE
LEES

HINT (in verse) :
The letters in question, regardless of weather,
Hand-in-hand they go, always together.

The two added letters are Q and U:

SQUEAK
QUAVER
PLAQUE
SQUIRM
MOSQUE
SQUARE
CLIQUE
SEQUEL

Credit: Will Shortz
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
Dec. 9, 2012