Elegant and brave, direct and practical.

(2 words, 5-6 letters)

_ _ t _ _ - _ _ i _ _ _

So - hyphenated ??

Yes domino. It was in the original clue too.

_ i t _ _ - _ _ i t _ _

_ i t _ y - _ _ i t _ y

nitty-gritty

Yes twyngwyn.

 

Elegant and brave, direct and practical.

(2 words, 5-6 letters)

 

Elegant - nitty

and brave - gritty

direct and practical - nitty-gritty

 

nitty-gritty

 

All yours.

sounds like you're being quiet whilst doing nothing, outrageous (9)

How dare you. Oh sorry, it's the clue. 😄