BLANKS AND BLANKS
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Oct. 1985
Lou Cortina

Each answer below is a familiar phrase. The blanks in each clue below can be filled in with words in which the letters missing from the first word are the same letters, in the same order, as those missing from the second word.

For example, given the clue _ _ M _  and _ _ D _ , the answer would be TIME and TIDE.

1.  _ _ IS       and    _ _ AT
2.  B _ _        and    ARR _ _
3.  _ _ _         and    _ _ _ CIL
4.  _ E _         and   _ OAR _
5.  _ I _ HT    and   W _ ON _
6.  S _ _ _      and    _ OL _ SH
7.  _ R _ _      and   CR _ F _ _
8.  NE _ _      and    F _ _
9.  BLO _ _   and    TA _ _ LE
10. M _ _ N     and   GR _ _N
11. _ _ US _   and   _ _ M _
12. _ A _ _     and   _ I _ _ ION
13. _ _ AD     and   W _ I T _
14. _ _ E        and    _ _ LY
15. _ _ DGE  and    _ _ RY
16. _ AL _     and   _ _ ARTY

Answers:

1. This and that
2. Bow and arrow
3. Pen and pencil
4. Bed and board
5. Right and wrong
6. Spit and polish
7. Arts and crafts
8. Near and far
9. Block and tackle
10. Moan and groan
11. House and home
12. Fact and fiction
13. Read and write
14. One and only
15. Judge and jury
16. Hale and hearty