PERFECT PAIRINGS XIII

Joseph Appel

 

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially synonyms and homographs - to make a common phrase in the form of _______ and _______. For example, FELINE and CURSOR MOVER could be re-phrased as CAT and MOUSE.  

 

1. Ascensions and descensions

2. Adheres and rocks

3. Truth and pretend 

4. Money and bear 

5. Strike and an unmarried woman 

6. Fifty and thirteen on the U.S. Flag 

7. Present time and past time

8. Petroleum and acetic acid 

9. Sliced and dehydrated 

10. Saliva and burnish

 

Answers:

 

1. Ups and downs

2. Sticks and stones 

3. Fact and fiction

4. Cash and carry

5. Hit and miss 

6. Stars and stripes 

7. Now and then 

8. Oil and vinegar 

9. Cut and dried 

10. Spit and polish