A puzzle with homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently ) as answers, taken from the letters in the title of the quiz.

-1. "Are you familiar with your times tables?" asked the teacher, afraid the child would answer with the opposite of yes. 4,2 letters

-2. Two definitions this time. The yellow part of an egg and a wooden pole which fitted on the milkmaid's shoulders. 4,4

-3. "Do I use needle and thread when I plant my seeds?" said the seamstress to the farmer. 3,3

-4. This star shines all day onto my male child. 3,3

-5. The long distance runner did not lose the race and so became this number. 3,3

-6. Did the angel Gabriel utter this word before coming down from on high? 2,3

7. "Which person will chop down the tree " said the soldier to the lumberjack. 3,3
First letters are w and h

-8. "It will take sixty minutes to ensure the necklace belongs to you and me" said my sister. 4,3

-9. "Can I have some water to douse this stone before I sharpen your knife?" asked the tinker. 3,4

-10. The first word describes a nautical mile and the second is a negative word used, for example, in "Ripley's Believe It Or ...". 4,3

2. Yolk / yoke - Hi Curly

Bernie

Nice start Bernie.

1. Know / no

Thanks jb.

3. Sew / sow

Merci Kevin.

9. wet / whet

Good one michele.

8 - hour, our

6. lo, low

10. Knot, not

Merci.

5. won/one

4. Sun/Son

Thanks.

7. yew, you

Try again LK.

7. axe, ask

See hint.

7. Who / hew ?

Bernie

Thanks Bernie.