COTE and THAI

The Puzzlemaster Presents Vol 2

Will Shortz

Each clue below has two parts. Answer each part with a word that has a homophone, such that the two homophones make up a familiar expression. 

Examples:

Dove's home - Person from Bangkok

COTE              THAI

Coat and tie

Had on - Part of a jigsaw puzzle

WORE - PIECE

War and peace

1. A marsh grass - Correct

 

2. Jekyll's alter ego - Indian religious group member

3. Kind of porridge that's hot in a rhyme - Lines to wait in

4. To stupefy - Round Table members

5. Male deer - Fish often served in a restaurant

6. Complain in a high voice - Unit of force, in physics

7. Was victorious - Leather-working tool

8. Photo, informally - Grinds food with teeth

9. Opposite of poetry - Supreme rulers of the Tartar tribes

10. Minty herb - Fastened with a rope

11. Informal word of parting - Jail compartment

Answers:

 

1. REED - RIGHT

    read and write

 

2.  HYDE - SIKH

     Hide and seek

 

3. PEAS - QUEUES

    P's and Q's

 

4. DAZE - KNIGHTS

    days and nights

 

5. HART - SOLE

    heart and soul

 

6. WHINE - DYNE

    wine and dine

 

7.  WON - AWL

     one and all

 

8. PIC - CHEWS

    pick and choose

 

9. PROSE - KHANS

    pros and cons

 

10.  THYME - TIED

       time and tide

 

11. BYE - CELL

      buy and sell