SOUND THINKING II
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Mar. 2004
Douglas Tench

The words in the left-hand column can be paired up with those in the right-hand column in a logical way. The words in the right-hand column are in random order. Can you determine the word pairs and their relationship?

ASPIRE           SITAR
ASTER            SAD
BLOW             LEER
CURIES          LI'L
DAZE              SPRAY
EARL              SCREW
ELIAS             LOBE

HINT:
The paired words are:
ASPIRE - SPRAY
ASTER - SITAR
BLOW - LOBE
CURIES - SCREW
DAZE - SAD
EARL - LEER
ELIAS - LI'L

Answers:

The word pairs are anagrams of homophones:

ASPIRE - SPRAY - - - PRAISE - PRAYS 
(ASPIRE is an anagram of PRAISE, SPRAY is an anagram of PRAYS. 
PRAISE and PRAYS are homophones.)
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ASTER - SITAR - - - STARE - STAIR
BLOW - LOBE - - - BOWL - BOLE
CURIES - SCREW - - -  CRUISE - CREWS
DAZE - SAD - - - ADZE - ADS
EARL - LEER - - - REAL - REEL
ELIAS - LI'L - - - AISLE - I'LL