PERFECT PAIRINGS XIV

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially synonyms and homographs - to make a common phrase in the form of _______ and _______.  For example, FETID and RASP could be re-phrased as RANK and FILE.

1. Fujis and Navels

2. Fuss and situation 

3. Rule and sequence 

4. Truths and numbers  

5. Destroy and destroy 

6. #1 and most important 

7. Noisy and understandable 

8. Choose and a digging tool 

9. Nimble and those passed on 

10. Alcoholic beverage and eat 

11. Invalid and completely empty 

 

Answers:

 

1. Apples and oranges

2. Pomp and circumstance

3. Law and order

4. Facts and figures

5. Wrack and ruin

6. First and foremost

7. Loud and clear

8. Pick and shovel

9. Quick and dead

10. Wine and dine

11. Null and void