PERFECT PAIRINGS IX

Joseph Appel

 

Each clue below can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially synonyms and homographs - to make a common phrase in the form of _____ and _____. For example, SWELL and AUTUMN could be re-phrased as RISE and FALL. 

 

1. Provide and insist 

2. Explore and ruin

3. Sack and suitcases

4. Conceal and pursue

5. Knoll and valley

6. Rapid and enraged

7. Total and nitty-gritty

8. Help and help commit a crime

9. Twist out of shape and a dog bark

10. Metaphor for intelligence and muscularity

 

Answers:

 

1. Supply and demand

2. Search and destroy 

3. Bag and baggage

4. Hide and seek

5. Hill and dale

6. Fast and furious

7. Sum and substance

8. Aid and abet

9. Warp and woof

10. Brains and brawn