PERFECT PAIRINGS III 

Joseph Appel 

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially homographs  - to make a common phrase in the form of _____  and _____. For example, YEARNS FOR and ANNOYING PEOPLE could be re-phrased as ACHES and PAINS.

 

1. On drugs and a machine cycle

2. Certain years and ties down

3. New sheriff's locale and God's partner

4. Treasure or witch  and 1/4 of a bushel

5. Exonerate and a gift

6. Electrical problem and a certain spot

7. Virgule and cheat someone

8. Money and a mountain goat

9. Kind of language and a kind of music

10. Lead and bears the burden

 

Answers:

 

1. High and dry

2. Leaps and bounds

3. Town and country

4. Hunt and peck

5. Clear and present

6. Short and sweet

7. Slash and burn

8. Bread and butter

9. Body and soul

10. Head and shoulders