PERFECT PAIRINGS IV

Joseph Appel

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially homographs - to make a common phrase in the form of  _____ and _____. For example, EXONERATE and A GIFT could be re-phrased as CLEAR and PRESENT.

1. Mild, as weather and a kind of dance

2. Obstruct and sack 

3. Equine and pram

4. Holy and sacrilegious

5. Drafts and scales

6. Color and weep

7. Role and package

8. Avian and apine

9. Single and unique

10. Bewildered and discovered 

Answers:

 

1. Fair and square

2. Block and tackle

3. Horse and buggy

4. Sacred and profane

5. Checks and balances

6. Hue and cry

7. Part and parcel (role in play)

8. Birds and bees

9. One and only

10. Lost and found