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 

 

 

  

PERFECT PAIRINGS XII

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, CARD GAME and ROSES could be re-phrased as HEARTS and FLOWERS. 

 

1. Difficult and go without food

2. Place to sleep and morning meal

3. Cooking vessels and bad reviews

4. Space and a plank

5. Do harm to someone and a power source

6. Work and the business of UPS and FedEx

7. Grueling work and problems

8. Feline and cursor mover

9. British sailor and a bird part

10. Adobe unit and pestle partner

 

Answers:

 

1. Hard and fast

2. Bed and breakfast

3. Pots and pans

4. Room and board

5. Assault and battery

6. Labor and delivery

7. Toil and trouble

8. Cat and mouse

9. Tar and feather

10. Brick and mortar  

PERFECT PAIRINGS XI

Joseph Appel 

 

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially synonyms and homographs - to make a common phrase in the form _____ and _____. For example, SHEPHERD'S STAFF and A FOLK DANCE could be re-phrased as ROD and REEL.

 

1. Court proceeding and a mistake

2. Common sweetener and oregano, for one

3. Smoked salmon and a round, baked roll

4. Elevated and arid

5. Lions and sheep 

6. Certain card game and roses, for example

7. Smart and 5:30 in the morning, say 

8. Scraps and parts 

9. An element and a ten-cent coin 

10. Put on, as clothing and rip apart 

 

Answers:

 

1. Trial and error

2. Sugar and spice

3. Lox and bagel

4. High and dry  

5. Wild and wooly

6. Hearts and flowers 

7. Bright and early

8. Bits and pieces

9. Nickel and dime 

10. Wear and tear 

 

PERFECT PAIRINGS X

Joseph Appel 

Each clue below can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially homographs and synonyms - to make a common phrase in the form of _____ and _____. For example, KNOLL and VALLEY could be re-phrased as HILL and DALE.

 

1. Felony and Penalty 

2. Demise and Levies 

3. Lob and Yee or haw

4. 50% and Equal share

5. Notoriety and Wealth

6. NYC's Central and Harass 

7. Languid and Significant other

8. Put before a court and Faithful

9. Monthly statement and Murmur

10. Shepherd's staff and A folk dance

 

Answers:

 

1. Crime and punishment

2. Death and taxes

3. Toss and turn

4. Half and half

5. Fame and fortune

6. Park and ride

7. Slow and steady

8. Tried and true

9. Bill and coo

10. Rod and reel 

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  

PERFECT PAIRINGS VIII

Joseph Appel 

Each clue below can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially synonyms and homographs - to make a familiar phrase in the form of _____ and _____. For example, STOP FILMING and GLUE could be re-phrased as CUT and PASTE.

 

1. Don and rend

2. Aims and reasons

3. Swell and autumn

4. Muliebrity and minors

5. ATM numbers and taunts

6. Those in favor and those against

7. Rapid growth in business and a sculpture

8. Beginning of everything and the end of everything 

9. Give and a continuous photograph of a scene or recording

10. Ocean debris from a wreck and from stuff deliberately thrown overboard 

Answers:

 

1. Wear and tear

2. Intents and purposes

3. Rise and fall

4. Women and children

5. Pins and needles

6. Pros and cons

7. Boom and bust

8. Alpha and Omega

9. Give and take

10. Flotsam and jetsam

PERFECT PAIRINGS VII

Joseph Appel

Each clue below can be re-phrase using wordplay - especially synonyms and homographs - to make a familiar phrase in the form of _______ and _______. For example, HESITATE and TURN LEFT could be re-phrased to HEM and HAW.

1. Invention not be re-invented and begin playing cards

2. Bovine and apian products 

3. Arbiter and a panel of peers

4. Embraces and osculations 

5. Felines and canines

6. Plant and harvest

7. In the black and in the red

8. Tactile sensation and a Monopoly square

9. Stop filming and glue

10. Unit of measure and half of a UFO, informally

Answers:

 

1. Wheel and deal

2. Milk and honey

3. Judge and jury

4. Hugs and kisses

5. Cats and dogs

6. Sow and reap

7. Profit and loss

8. Touch and go

9. Cut and paste

10. Cup and saucer

 

PERFECT PAIRINGS VI

Joseph Appel

 

Each clue can be rephrased using wordplay - especially synonyms and homographs - to make a common 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 

 

 

PERFECT PAIRINGS V

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, DRAFTS and SCALES could be re-phrased as CHECKS and BALANCES. 

1. Recede and circulate

2. Strength and the open ocean

3. Flora and fauna 

4. Fetid and rasp

5. Undamaged and rage 

6. Consume and a streak 

7. Swell and glisten

8. Wrench and color 

9. Cram and gibberish

10. Bargain price and block

 

Answers:

 

1. Ebb and flow

2. Might and main

3. Plants and animals 

4. Rank and file

5. Sound and fury

6. Eat and run 

7. Rise and shine

8. Tool and dye

9. Stuff and nonsense 

10. Song and dance (clog)

 

PERFECT PAIRINGS IV

Joseph Appel

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially homographs - to make a common phrase in the form of  _____ and _____. For example, EXONERATE and A GIFT could be re-phrased as CLEAR and PRESENT.

1. Mild, as weather and a kind of dance

2. Obstruct and sack 

3. Equine and pram

4. Holy and sacrilegious

5. Drafts and scales

6. Color and weep

7. Role and package

8. Avian and apine

9. Single and unique

10. Bewildered and discovered 

Answers:

 

1. Fair and square

2. Block and tackle

3. Horse and buggy

4. Sacred and profane

5. Checks and balances

6. Hue and cry

7. Part and parcel (role in play)

8. Birds and bees

9. One and only

10. Lost and found

PERFECT PAIRINGS III 

Joseph Appel 

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially homographs  - to make a common phrase in the form of _____  and _____. For example, YEARNS FOR and ANNOYING PEOPLE could be re-phrased as ACHES and PAINS.

 

1. On drugs and a machine cycle

2. Certain years and ties down

3. New sheriff's locale and God's partner

4. Treasure or witch  and 1/4 of a bushel

5. Exonerate and a gift

6. Electrical problem and a certain spot

7. Virgule and cheat someone

8. Money and a mountain goat

9. Kind of language and a kind of music

10. Lead and bears the burden

 

Answers:

 

1. High and dry

2. Leaps and bounds

3. Town and country

4. Hunt and peck

5. Clear and present

6. Short and sweet

7. Slash and burn

8. Bread and butter

9. Body and soul

10. Head and shoulders 

PERFECT PAIRINGS II

Joseph Appel

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially homographs (words with two or more meanings) to make a common phrase in the form of _____ and _____.  For example, PUT IN ORDER and  MANICURE could be re-phrased as RANK and FILE.

1. Yearns for and annoying people  

2. Limit and commencement wear

3. Applause and winter wear item

4. Boulder and bun

5. In cahoots with and dilute

6. Gibraltar and the Biblical Way

7. Flutter and dance

8. Enclose and sign

9. Worms and a circuit breaker

10. Refuse and a season

 

Answers:

 

1. Aches and pains

2. Cap and gown

3. Hand and glove

4. Rock and roll

5. Think and thin

6. Strait and narrow

7. Bat and ball

8. Pen and ink

9. Bait and switch

10. Decline and fall                     

 

PERFECT PAIRINGS I

Joseph Appel

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially homographs (words with two or more meanings) to make a familiar phrase in the form of _____ and _____. For example, DANCES and PROTESTS could be re-phrased as BALLS and STRIKES. 

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

August, 2022 (Ex. and 1-3)

Joseph Appel (4-10)

 

1. Put in order and manicure

2. Probability and conclusions

3. Play shortstop and watch You Tube

4. Cashews and fabric store purchases

5. News magazine and a detergent brand

6. Kind of party and a convulsion

7. Part of the foot and a kind of letter

8. 5'2" for a man and 16 for a girl

9. A vault and a noise

10. Money and a goat 

 

Answers:

 

1. Rank and file

2. Odds and ends

3. Field and stream

4. Nuts and bolts

5. Time and tide

6. Search and seizure

7. Ball and chain

8. Short and sweet

9. Safe and sound

10. Bread and butter