STUMPERS CCCLXXIX

1. Can you think of two words, one that can precede PRESS and one that can follow it, such that the two words are synonyms?

 

2. Can you think of two words that can precede WHEEL such that both two-word phrases mean the same thing?

Answers:

 

1. FREE PRESS

                PRESS RELEASE

 

2. THIRD WHEEL

     FIFTH WHEEL - Person who is not needed or awkwardly out of place