SEX-CHANGE OPERATIONS

The Puzzlemaster Presents

Will Shortz

Answer each pair of clues with two words that are identical except for their first letters, which are F and M respectively.

For example: 

Dentist's handiwork -                Filling

Walking around, as at a party - Milling

1. Football booboo

    Speak indistinctly

2. Instrument at a hoedown

    Center

 

3. Incite, as a rebellion

    Short period of time

4. Sink or bathtub, for instance

    A blend of ingredients

 

5.  Nuclear _______

     On a _______

6. Strengthened

    Highly embarrassed

 

7. Prohibit

    Kind of humor

 

8. Place to find coins

    Huge pile

 

9. The end

    '60s dresses 

Answers:

 

1. FUMBLE -MUMBLE

2. FIDDLE - MIDDLE

3. FOMENT - MOMENT

4. FIXTURE - MIXTURE

5. FISSION - MISSION

6. FORTIFIED - MORTIFIED

7. FORBID - MORBID

8. FOUNTAIN - MOUNTAIN

9. FINIS - MINIS