Word Partners

Many crossword puzzles have clues that reference word partnerships. These are generally joined by the word "and" such as "Companion of 'click'" which could result in point and click. The answers here will follow the same idea but are clued differently. Some answers may be phrases that contain more than the words ---- and ----.

-1. a conventional law-abiding course -------- & ------
-2. help commit a crime --- & ----
-3. more than expected ----- & ------
-4. rigidly adhered to without debate --- & -----
-5. not at home --- & -----
-6. a demand for money, old style ----- & -------
-7. complete destruction ---- & ----
-8. among the living ----- & -------
-9. energetic people who initiate change ------ & -------
-10. a real close result in a race --- & ----
11. make a hasty cowardly retreat --- & ---
-12. found to be reliable ----- & ----
-13. ordinary members of an organization ---- & ----
14. clean or entirely new ----- & ----
-15. family ----- & -----
16. honest and straightforward, as in business dealings ---- & ------
-17. arrogantly affecting to be powerful ---- & ------
-18. an exclamation to draw others attention to something -- & ------
-19. be subservient to someone -- -- t---- ---- & ----
-20. the crack of dawn ------ & -----

2. aid and abet

5. out and about

8. alive and kicking

Good start, ladies

3. above and beyond

15. flesh and blood

manxman & michele

1. straight and narrow
4. cut and dried

10 - neck and neck

13 - rank and file

17. high and mighty

6. Stand and deliver (Dick Turpin style) Hi Cue

Bernie

9. movers and shakers
18. lo and behold

12. tried and true

Great solves y'all.


Exactly, Bernie

niteowl, try again on #10. You have one too many letters for the first word

7. rack and ruin

20. Bright & Early

10. nip and tuck

19. be at their beck and call

Absolutely

11. cut and run

16. fair and square

14. Spick and span.