FLEXERS XXIII

Credit: NY Times Crossword
February 9, 2016
Lynn Lempel

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

1. Detonates a weapon in the underworld
2. Raises the prices of some pastries
3. Clocks trainees for a fabled race rematch
4. Cuts up little bloodsuckers
5. Puts up with one's family
6. Scrutinizes the underworld

CHOICES:

a. Chopsticks
b. Upstarts
c. Eyeshades
d. Bombshell
e. Timeshares
f. Bearskin

Answers:

1. d - Bombshell (Bombs hell)
2. b - Upstarts (Ups tarts)
3. e - Timeshares (Times hares)
4. a - Chopsticks (Chops ticks)
5. f - Bearskin (Bears kin)
6. c - Eyeshades (Eyes hades)