Here is a list of one member of some familiar pairs of things. Your task is to name the missing partners. Word lengths are indicated by the hyphens.

The first 2 are mainly for the over-the-ponders.

-1. chop and ––––––
-2. swings and –––––––––––
-3. brothers and –––––––
-4. live and –––––
-5. fun and –––––
-6. mom and –––
-7. bump and –––––
-8. skull and ––––––––––
-9. butter and ––– ––––– added 2nd word - hint: e-- m---y
-10. hole and ––––––
-11. cut and ––––––
-12. shimmy and –––––
-13. point and –––––
-14. corned beef and –––––––
-15. good and ––––
-16. pen and –––
-17. rock and ––––
-18. smoke and –––––––
-19. fetch and –––––
-20. safe and –––––

3. sisters

7. grind

Hi Jema. Have a nice weekend.

5. games

8. crossbones

18. mirrors

Hi curly, you too.

All good.

4. learn

Good one, Marian.

19- carry
20- sound

Both right, niteowl

1. Change

2. Roundabouts - Hi Jema

Bernie

14. cabbage

Hi Bernie, yes to both.

manxman, yummy!

12. shake

13. click, shoot

15. evil

LadyK, michele (I'll take click), and manxman - right on the nose.

17. roll

Marian, yes.

11. Thrust
16. Ink or Paper

Bernie

Both good, Bernie (I'll take ink for #16 - not enough letters for paper).

6. pop?

Indeed, Marian.

9. corn?

Flo, sorry, not my answer. Please try again.

I changed the letter count to 3 instead of 4. Think money.

10. corner

Good one, Cue.

Oh my, that makes it worse. I don't have a clue.

9. rum?

Sorry, Marian, not my answer. Please try again.

Flo, I'm sorry it didn't help.


I added a 2nd word and a hint. Hopefully, this will make it easier to solve.

9. butter and egg money

That's a new one on me, I have never heard that saying.

That's the one, Gail! Nice finish.


Flo, maybe it's a US thing. As far as I know, it originated here. In the past, farm wives sold their extra butter and eggs to supplement the family income. Hence, it became known as their "butter and egg money".