CAUSE OF THE CAWS XII

The answers to the clues below are based on homophones or near-homophones.

1. Fly and in pain
2. Flew and a weapon
3. Remained and sober in character
4. Unspecified amount and the total.
5. That penthouse _____ is pretty _____.
6. Sound of relief and the measure of something
7. She got some _____ as she descended the _____.
8. The desk that held the pens and _____ was _____.
9. The journey across the _____ begins with the first _____.
10. She ____ back and forth as she admired the ____ jacket.

Answers:

1. Soar and sore
2. Soared and sword
3. Stayed and staid
4. Some and sum
5. Suite - sweet
6. Sighs and size
7. Stares - stairs
8. Stationery - stationary
9. Steppe - step
10. Swayed - suede