HIT OR MISS
Credit: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
June 28, 2009
Will Shortz

The clues below are in the form of ________ or ________ . Each one can be re-written as a familiar phrase in the same form with the first and last words rhyming with the clue words. For example, given the clue SPLIT OR THIS, the answer would be HIT OR MISS.

1. TORE OR DRESS
2. MAIN OR LINE
3. RICK OR STREET
4. PRIME OR SEASON
5. LEATHER OR COT
6. FIGHT OR SONG
7. SMASH OR BARGE
8. GUESS OR SO
9. PINK OR GYM
10. FREDS OR  SCALES
11. LEAST OR SALMON
12. BUS OR LINUS
13. TOOTH OR SCARE
14. LUNAR OR CRATER

Answers:

1. MOREOR LESS
2. RAIN OR SHINE
3. TRICK OR TREAT
4. RHYME OR REASON
5. WEATHER OR NOT
6. RIGHT OR WRONG
7. CASH OR CHARGE
8. YES OR NO
9. SINK OR SWIM
10. HEADS OR SCALES
11. FEAST OR FAMINE
12. PLUS OR MINUS
13. TRUTH OR DARE
14. SOONER OR LATER