Homophones

Homophones are words that have the same sound but have different meanings and are spelt differently, for example hare and hair.

Try these for size:

-1. Money / Hiding place
-2. Wooden bar / Part of an egg
-3. Gazes / Steps
-4. Demure / Remained
-5. Rapscallion / Part of a church
-6. Use excessively / Part of the human body
-7. A greeting / State of euphoria
-8. Smallest in size, amount, degree, etc / Hired
-9. Careless / Is deficient in
-10. Pretend / Compelled
-11. Kernel / Contingent
-12. Cardinal number / Consumed

3. stares/stairs

Off and running, Marian!

1. cash - cache

...closely followed by oldbroad!

5. knave/nave

...and Fil!

12. eight / ate

6. waste / waist

2. Yoke/Yolk

9. lax/lacks

4. staid stayed

7. hi high

8. least / leased

A veritable landslide of winners!

11. core / corps

10. feign / fain

Nice finish, the pair of you!