STUMPERS CCVI

Credit: NY Times Crossword
January 25, 1996
David J. Kahn

Each clue below can be answered with a four-word expression, each divided into two halves, such that the two halves are opposites of each other. The words may be compound or hyphenated.

1. Five-floor tenement
2. Pilot's joke at beginning of flight

HINTS:

1. _ _ _  - _ _ _ _      _ _ _ _ - _ _
2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _     _ _ _ - _ _

Answers:

1. RUN-DOWN  WALK-UP
2. TAKEOFF  PUT-ON