TWO RHYMES MAKE A RIGHT II
Credit: IDEA - Will Shortz in Reader's Digest 

For each pair of words below, a rhyme for the first one will give you the general category; a rhyme for the second will be a specific thing in that category. For example, the paired words KITTY and TENNIS, would lead to the answer words CITY and VENICE.

1. Crude-----Red
2. Duller-----Bold
3. Granite-----Birth
4. Plea-----Church
5. Maim-----Dress
6. Brute-----Thyme
7. Tether-----Treat
8. Weight-----Nexus
9. Thrum-----Bear
10. Scare-----Stalker

Answers:

1. Food-----Bread
2. Color-----Gold
3. Planet-----Earth
4. Tree-----Birch
5. Game-----Chess
6. Fruit-----Lime
7. Weather-----Sleet
8. State-----Texas 
9. Drum-----Snare
10. Chair-----Rocker