MIND FLEXERS XIX
Credit: #1-5 GAMES Magazine - Apr. 1994
Howard Richler
Credit: #6-8 GAMES Magazine - June, 1999
John Peterman

Match the word on the left with those on the right based on similar or related meanings. The relationships are disguised by the use of puns or altered spacing within words. For example, given the clue FATHER TIME, the answer would be MANAGER, as in MAN AGER.

1. CRUISED                                              START ENGINE
2. SEAFOOD STORE                               CHAMPION
3. PRISONER'S STORY                           INNOVATION
4. TOP ATOM                                           WASSAILING
5. ANTI-NUKE                                         STANDOFFISH
6. EXILES                                                 CONVERSION
7. CARTOON                                            OUTSET
8. APPLAUSE FOR HOLIDAY               CONFUSION                            

Answers:

1. Cruised -  WASSAILING  (WAS SAILING)
2. Seafood store - STANDOFFISH  (STAND OF FISH)
3. Prisoner's story - CONVERSION  (CON VERSION)
4. Top atom - CHAMPION  (CHAMP ION)
5. Anti-nuke - CONFUSION  (CON FUSION)
6. Exiles - OUTSET  (OUT SET)  
7. Cartoon - START ENGINE  (CAR TO ON)
8. Applause for Holiday - INNOVATION  (INN OVATION)