SOUND THINKING III
Credit: GAMES Magazine - March, 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?

LAIR              WEN
LIMA             IRA
HIRE              MEAL
GUN               RELY
GIRTH            KEEP
EQUIP            TIER

HINT:
The paired words are:
LAIR - RELY
LIMA - MEAL
HIRE - IRA
GUN - WEN
GIRTH - TIER
EQUIP - KEEP

Answers:

The word pairs are anagrams of homophones.
LAIR - RELY - - - LIAR - LYRE
(LAIR is an anagram of LIAR, RELY is an anagram of LYRE
LIAR and LYRE are homophones)
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LIMA - MEAL - - - MAIL - MALE
HIRE - IRA - - - HEIR - AIR
GUN - WEN - - - GNU - NEW
GIRTH - TIER - - - RIGHT - RITE
EQUIP - KEEP - - - PIQUE - PEEK