Answer each clue and then find a homophone of the answer and give its meaning.

Ex: EQUINE

Ans: HORSE - HOARSE (raspy) 

1. Poison

2. Implied

3. 1/2 moon tide

4. Opposite of virtue

5. He doesn't tell the truth

6. STOP is a common one

7. Second person pronoun

8. Start of every flowering plant 

Answers:

1. TOXIN - TOCSIN (an alarm bell or warning signal)

2. TACIT - TACET (in music - silent - not playing or singing)

3. NEAP - NEEP (a turnip)

4. VICE - VISE (a heavy clamp - usually on a workbench)

5. LIAR - LYRE (Ancient Greek instrument - a small U-shaped harp)

6. SIGN- SINE (trigonometry ratio)

7. YOU - EWE (a female sheep)

8. SEED - CEDE (to give up, as power or territory)