FLEXERS LXXIV

Credit: NY Times Crossword
February 11, 2018
Matt Ginsberg
PARONOMASIA

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

1. Bordeaux
2. Groupies
3. Locksmith
4. Dulcimer
5. Mistletoe
6. Profiteering
7. Locomotion
8. Pharmacist
9. Wheaties
10. Orchestrates

CHOICES:
a. Raised some vegetables
b. Fable about smoked salmon
c. Carried cash around
d. Opposite of a strong boil
e. Baby shirts
f. Narrow passages for killer whales
g. Jewelry for the oracle at Delphi
h. What brings the rocket to the pad
i. Minor dust-up
j. Help with the harvest

Answers:

1. c - Carried cash around (bore dough)
2. a - Raised some vegetables (grew peas)
3. b - Fable about smoked salmon (lox myth)
4. d - Opposite of a strong boil (dull simmer)
5. h - What brings the rocket to the pad (missile tow)
6. g - Jewelry for the oracle at Delphi (prophet earring)
7. i -Minor dust-up (low commotion)
8. j - Help with the harvest (farm assist)
9. e - Baby shirts (wee tees)
10. f - Narrow passages for killer whales (Orca straits)