SHAPING UP
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Nov. 2004
Jennifer Orehowsky (#1-13)

Each of the 16 clues below leads to an answer containing the name of a geometric figure.

1. Social event held in a barn
2. Situation in which one problem begets another
3. Perilous Atlantic area, according to lore
4. Close friends and confidants
5. Seat of executive power in the U.S.
6. Metaphor for birth and death
7. Area adjacent to the Kremlin in Moscow
8. Racetrack area for winning horses and jockeys
9. Athletic playing field
10. Department of Defense headquarters
11. Nutritious, satisfying repast
12. Romance involving three people
13. Classical architectural design
14. Basic musical diagram
15. Stock item of kitchens
16. Where it's OK to drop the ball
17. Business scam with no product or service
18. Area in which one wields power

Answers:

1. Square dance
2. Vicious circle
3. Bermuda Triangle
4. Inner circle 
5. Oval Office
6. Circle of life
7. Red Square
8. Winner's Circle
9. Baseball diamond
10. Pentagon
11. Square meal
12. Love triangle
13. Golden Rectangle
14. Circle of Fifths 
15. Bouillon cube
16. Times Square
17. Pyramid scheme
18. Sphere of influence