The cuewords in the flat below represent the two five-letter answer words, which differ by only by their fourth letters.

1) 

It's said that Nero fiddled while Rome

   burned.

The SPACE left him quite SPARE and

   unconcerned.

 

HINT:

The two different fourth letters are Z and S.

 

2)

The cuewords in the flat below represent the two six-letter answer words, which differ only by their second letters.

 

Her kids returned to Hermosillo, FALL.

The FULL was overjoyed to see them all.

 

Answers:

 

1. BLAZE - BLASE

2. SONORA - SENORA

 

Credits:

The Enigma

February, 2023

1: WITZ

2: BROBBERTY