FLEXERS XI
Credit: The Word's The Thing
Louis D. Appel

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices found below. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Tiny twilled cloth insect
2. Opposite of HIS OFF
3. Fishy complaint
4. Continue
5. Entrance to a privy
6. Fated tribe
7. Feline stimulant
8. How to get an audience with King Ahasuerus
9. Inferior canvas shelter
10. Estival condiment
11. Friend's attempt
12. Genuine tiny insect
13. Mr. Fred Amic, after he was knighted

CHOICES:

A. Paltry
B. Carp
C. Clandestine
D. Truant
E. Siesta
F. Somersault
G. Heron
H. Ceramic
I. Catatonic
J. Sergeant
K. Carrion
L. Portent
M. Candor

Answers:

1. J - Sergeant
2. G - Heron
3. B - Carp
4. K - Carrion (carry on)
5. M - Candor (can door)
6. C - Clandestine
7. I - Catatonic
8. E - Siesta (see Esther)
9. L - Portent (poor tent)
10. F - Somersault (summer salt)
11. A - Paltry
12. D - Truant
13. H - Ceramic (Sir Amic)