PERFECT PAIRINGS VI

Joseph Appel

 

Each clue can be rephrased using wordplay - especially synonyms and homographs - to make a phrase in the form of _____ and _____. For example, SWELL and GLISTEN could be re-phrased to RISE and SHINE.  

1. Hesitate and turn left

2. Cog on a wheel and get it exactly right

3. U.S. currency and fragrances

4. Tease and ridges on a bolt  

5. Kind of light and melancholy

6. Enclosure and theme

7. Period of time in life and poetry

8. Follow and show up with a team 

9. Tied up and reasoned out

10. Prison sentence and increasing amount of something

 

Answers:

 

1. Hem and haw

2. Tooth and nail

3. Dollars and cents

4. Needle and thread

5. Black and blue 

6. Pen and paper

7. Chapter and verse 

8. Track and field 

9. Bound and determined

10. Time and tide