MIND FLEXERS XIV
Credit: GAMES Magazine
April, 1994
Howard Richler

Match the words on the left with those on the right based on similar or related meanings. The relationships are disguised by the use of double meanings or altered spacing within words. For example, given the clue BARBEQUE CHICKEN, the answer could be HEATHEN - as in HEAT HEN. Ignore the dotted lines.

1. WARRANT..................................REDOLENT
2. POLEMIST..................................SCUBA GUY
3. CURTAILMENT.........................FIRST INSECT
4. FAST TWICE..............................BATTLE CRY
5. JUSTICE......................................CORPORATE SALARY
6. ADAMANT.................................WARSAW FOG
7. CAESAR'S TWITCH..................BRIEF ILLNESS
8. PURE...........................................GLACIER
9. DIVERGENT..............................NOVICES
10. EXECRATE .............................ROMANTIC

Answers:

1. Battle cry - War rant
2. Warsaw fog - Pole mist
3. Brief illness - Curt ailment
4. Redolent - Redo Lent
5. Glacier - Just ice
6. First insect - Adam ant
7. Romantic - Roman tic
8. Novices - No vices
9. Scuba guy - Diver gent
10. Corporate salary - Exec rate