Each clue in this puzzle gives an oxymoron, a phrase of two contradictory words which nonetheless have an understood meaning. The pairs of numbers following each clue gives the lengths of the words in the answer. Additionally, one number out of each pair is bolded. The oxymorons are as follows:
- Growing Smaller
- Pretty Ugly
- Even Odds
- Jumbo Shrimp
- Thunderous Silence
- Icy Hot
- Random Order
- Small Crowd
- Student Teacher
Taking the first letters of the bolded words gives another oxymoron, GUEST HOST, which is the answer to this puzzle.