Each answer is an exact two word rhyme, and I will give clues for each. Your job, if you so choose, is to be the poet.

-1.Fat constables. 5,6 letters

-2.Capricious type of cucumber. 6,6

-3.Small, lovelorn feline. 7,6

-4.Kind of rope a condemned man hopes for. 5,5

-5.Crustacean criminal 7,7

-6.Really likes certain dried fruits. 4,4

-7.What a customer will do to Mr. Van Winkle, waiter at the Sleepy Hollow Bed and Breakfast. 3,3

8.Describe mental strain or anxiety. 7,7

-9.Tutor a fast running household pest. 5,5

-10.Long Parisian ditch. 6,6

3. smitten kitten

Thanks Flo.

1. Obese police - Hi Curly

Bernie

Thanks Bernie. Morning.

9. roach coach

Morning curly,

Hi Gail, merci.

2. fickle pickle

4. loose noose

7. tip Rip

Thanks.

5. Lobster Mobster.

The first one I thought of was shrimp pimp at 4,6.

I used to play a game like this 50 years ago. We called it Stink Pink. You gave the clue, then said "stink pink" to indicate syllables without a letter count. For example, "criminal crustacean, stinky pinky."

6. digs figs

10 - french trench

Thanks.

8. mention tension

Merci michele.