MIND FLEXERS XX
Credit: GAMES Magazine
October, 1991
Rosalie Moscovitch

Match each item on the left with one on the right based on similar or related meanings. The relationships are disguised by the use of double meanings or altered spacing within words.

1. BLUSHER                       FIRE PREVENTION
2. HEARING AID               KENNEL FEE
3. FEATHERED                  COQUETTE
4. ENDANGER                   REDONE
5. SPLIT DECISION          GAVEL
6. SPOT REMOVER           ORTHOPEDIC DEPT.
7. LOW BLOWS                 BEARING DOWN
8. CURRENT                      DIRTY SOCKS
9. TENURE                         DIVORCE
10. AT EASE                       DOG CATCHER
11. BACKWARD                COOL DOWN 

Answers:

1. Blusher - REDONE (RED ONE)
2. Hearing aid - GAVEL (court hearing)
3. Feathered - BEARING DOWN (i.e. goose down)
4. Endanger - COOL DOWN (end anger)
5. Split decision - DIVORCE
6. Spot remover - DOG CATCHER
7. Low blows - DIRTY SOCKS (socks - hits)
8. Current - KENNEL FEE (cur rent)
9. Tenure - FIRE PREVENTION (job security)
10. At ease - COQUETTE (a tease)
11. Backward - ORTHOPEDIC DEPT. (back ward)