1. What do the following words have in common?

PASS

RATE

TAKE 

HAND

STATE

 

2. What do the following words have in common

 

JEANS

PILLOW

CHEESE 

PROFILE

WILLOW 

 

HINTS:

1. Each word can be preceded by two opposite words.

2. This was the theme of a puzzle titled SAD TO SAY.

 

Answers:

 

1. Each word can be preceded by both UNDER and OVER to make common phrase.

 

2. Each word can be preceded by a "sad" word to make a common phrase:

DISTRESSED JEANS 

DOWN PILLOW

BLUE CHEESE

LOW PROFILE

WEEPING WILLOW

 

Credit:

2: Lynn Lempel