Each clue on the left can be answered with one of the words on the right - according to a certain pattern. Can you discover the pattern?

1. It conquers all                                       Short                                

2. One way to pay                                     Power                                                                 

3. Iconic news magazine                            Blind

4. Birds and bees discussion                       King

5. Dash between dates on a gravestone       Money

6. Word between knot and knuckle             Cheap

     in the dictionary

HINTS:

a.The direct answers to the clues are not listed.

b. It is what it is.

 

Answers:

 

The answer to each clue is a word that goes in the first blank of a phrase in the form pf _____ is _____.  The word in the second blank is the correct answer:

 

1. Blind (Love conquers all - Love is blind.)

2. King (One way to pay - Cash is king.) 

3. Money (Iconic news magazine - Time is money.)

4. Cheap (Birds and bees discussion - Talk is cheap.) 

5. Short (Dash between dates on a gravestone (Life is short.)

6. Power - (Word between knot and knuckle

    in the dictionary - Knowledge is power.)

 

Credit:

Joseph Appel