Missing

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.

-1. bubble and –––––– (one for the over the ponders)
-2. toss and ––––
-3. body and ––––
-4. spick and ––––
-5. sound and ––––
-6. rise and –––––
-7. fame and –––––––
-8. huff and ––––
-9. rack and ––––
-10. needle and ––––––
-11. ball and –––––
-12. advise and –––––––
-13. all and ––––––
-14. billing and ––––––
-15. amuse and –––––––
-16. forever and – –––
-17. first and ––––––––
-18. here and –––
-19. bits and ––––––
-20. fire and –––––––––
-21. hunt and ––––
-22. hearth and ––––
-23. hustle and ––––––
-24. flora and –––––
-25. free and –––––

4. span

6. shine

Hi Jema, nice puzzle.

2. turn

3. soul

Hi curly - glad you like it.

Everyone gets a

1. squeak

Thanks, Jema

1. squeak?

7. fortune

8. puff (too slow)

You're welcome, Rog.

Doreen, Rog beat you to #1. #s7 and 8 are

5. fury

9. Ruin - Hi Jema, great puzzles, thanks

Bernie

10. thread

11. chain

24.Fauna

19. pieces

20. brimstone

16. a day

Hi Bernie, you're welcome - I'm glad you like them.

fildil, Bernie, Niki, michelle, Haroula, Gail, and manxman - you all scored.


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17. first and foremost
21. hunt and peck

23. bustle

12. consent

Flo, manxman, and CCbomber - all good.

25. easy

Sorry, Bob, you're a letter short.

25. clear

18.Now

22. fire

13 - all and sundry

14. billing and coding?

15. bemused

Bob, Haroula, and OrleansBelle

manxman, think location
curly, change 3rd letter
michelle, rhymes with right

15. delight

That's the one, michelle.

14. coding

22. home

Gail, 22 , 14 (curly already tried that)

14. billing and cooing

Exactly, manxman


And that's a wrap! Thanks everyone.