FLEXERS LXIV

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. The choices are in random order. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Tuna, turkey, or roast beef
2. Jail cell graffiti
3. Child support payment query
4. Dinner tab
5. Those voting "Aye"
6. Junk mail for a trucker
7. Headwear for a building chief
8. Social activity on a military base

CHOICES
a. Counterbalance
b. Connotations
c. Supervisor
d. Substandard
e. Postdating
f. Semicircular
g. Excommunication
h. Proportion

Answers:

1. d - Substandard
2. b - Connotations
3. g - Excommunication
4. a - Counterbalance
5. h - Proportion
6. f - Semicircular
7. c - Supervisor
8. e - Postdating 

Credit: NY Times Crossword
December 3, 2006
Patrick Merrell