WORD + WORD = NEW WORD XXIX

Each clue below contains the definitions of two words which can be combined together to form a third, unrelated word, without any re-arrangement of letters. 

1. Buddy + Assert

2. Mongrel dog + Tenant's payment

3. Decimal base number + Qualified

4. Simple, unadorned + Minor argument

5. Belonging to him + Sudden, great anxiety

6. Metric measure of volume + One on your side

7. Kind of boat or sandwich + Payable now

8. The D in CD + Finished (as a romance)

9. Needlefish cousin + How old you are

10. Opposite of pro + Finished (as a task)

Answers:

 

1. PAL + AVER = PALAVER 

2. CUR + RENT = CURRENT

3. TEN + ABLE = TENABLE

4. PLAIN + TIFF = PLAINTIFF

5. HIS + PANIC = HISPANIC

6. LITER + ALLY = LITERALLY

7. SUB + DUE = SUBDUE

8. DISC + OVER = DISCOVER

9. GAR + AGE = GARAGE

10. CON + DONE = CONDONE