Affinities - with hint

Came across these in "work still in progress after an incredibly long time". Apologies if I've already posted them and forgotten to move them into "posted"

Solve the two clues and find a pair of words that have an affinity for one another. For example, (acorn) and (run) = nut and bolt. Beware, some of them rate fairly high on the Cue scale of evilness, and some have a Brit slant to them.

-1. (charge) and (out of touch)
-2. (avoid) and (English seaman)
-3. (support) and (out of the medals)
-4. (outwit) and (harass)
-5. (glitterati) and (excludes)
-6. (former governor) and (eyelet)
-7. (cut of meat) and (loose coins)
-8. (suit) and (rivers)
-9. (NATO male) and (NATO female) - think phonetically...
-10. (barbecue aid) and (East European)

3. Back and forth (fourth)

Bernie

10 - spit and polish

Great answers!

5. stars and bars

4. fox and hound

7. chop and change

All good, guys (and guyesses)!

8. hearts and flowers

Yes, manxman!

1. sick (sic) and tired

Hmmm - good one I've noted for the future Cue, but not mine.
Think 50s/60s slang for the second part...

1. fair (fare) and square

2. duck and drake? (google says there's a pub by that name)

Bob, CCb - good ones!

Nothing that devious, CCb - just a simple "male and female" (stag and hind etc...)

6. Wallace and Gromit (grommet)

You got it, michele!

...now with hint

Here's a wag...hem and haw?

This answer has to be from watching The Nanny last night.

Very cute, Cue (made a note of it for the future), but don't get the Nanny reference

We're even then since I don't get the NATO reference.

Imagine Fran Drescher saying him and her. Mrs. Cue and I have watched the entire run of The Nanny over the last month or so. I only watched a few episodes when it was originally on TV.

Aha - we don't get The Nanny over here (I think...)

I'm sure you've answered questions before on the NATO phonetic ...

Ah...yes indeed. I didn't know that was the term for it.

Romeo and Juliet

Funny how the brain compartmentalizes. I am a ham radio operator and use those phonetics regularly but when I'm here and think phonetics, I am thinking of different things.

Yes, Cue!

Don't know what it's common name is in the States Bob, but over here we all know it as the NATO phonetic alphabet. I gather its proper name is the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, but no-one over here (except the hams I guess) would recognise that name

Outside of hams, I think people here know it as being used by the military or aviation. Police here generally use a different phonetic alphabet using common given names, with a few exceptions: Adam, Boy, Charles, David, Edward, Frank, etc.