WHAT'S WHAT?

GAMES/World of Puzzles 

April, 2021

Scott Erdman 

Each clue below leads to a two-word answer in which the first word is a verb and the second a noun - but both words are the same. For example, given the clue "Putting batches of laundry on a truck," the answer would be LOADS LOADS.

1. Binds cravats

2. Let' foliage be 

3. Guards Rolexes

4. Changes toggles

5. Caves in to HUAC

6. Smashes pumpkins

7. Scours hospital garb

8. Tidies up evergreens

9. Ingests graceful birds

10. Gives birth to Grizzlies

11. Glimpses secret agents

12. Swaps skilled-labor jobs

13. Divvies up stock holdings

14. Has fun at an amusement park

15. Forms a rectangle and hexagon

16. Persistently harasses beagles (2)

17. Is really into archaeological sites

18. Makes sure restaurant tabs are correct.

Answers:

 

1. Ties ties

2. Leaves leaves

3. Watches watches

4. Switches switches 

5. Names names

6. Squashes squashes

7. Scrubs scrubs

8. Spruces spruces

9. Swallows swallows

10. Bears bears

11. Spies spies

12. Trades trades

13. Shares shares

14. Rides rides

15. Shapes shapes

16. Dogs dogs / Hounds hounds

17. Digs digs

18. Checks checks