PERFECT PAIRINGS I

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially homographs (words with two or more meanings) to make a familiar phrase. For example, DANCES and PROTESTS could be re-phrased as BALLS and STRIKES. 

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

August, 2022 (Ex. and 1-3)

Joseph Appel (4-10)

 

1. Put in order and manicure

2. Probability and conclusions

3. Play shortstop and watch You Tube

4. Cashews and fabric store purchases

5. News magazine and a detergent brand

6. Kind of party and a convulsion

7. Part of the foot and a kind of letter

8. 5'2" for a man and 16 for a girl

9. A vault and a noise

10. Money and a goat 

 

Answers:

 

1. Rank and file

2. Odds and ends

3. Field and stream

4. Nuts and bolts

5. Time and tide

6. Search and seizure

7. Ball and chain

8. Short and sweet

9. Safe and sound

10. Bread and butter