MIND FLEXERS XXXVII

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. The relationships are disguised by double meanings and/or altered spacing within words. The choices are in random order.

1. Film with a stage
2. Standards' changer
3. This could be a bust
4. Labor day setting
5. Child publication
6. Where the Twins play
7. Pecking order
8. Lover of literature
9. Bad impression
10. Short circuit and power failure

CHOICES:
a. Statue
b. Dent
c. Double park
d. Kiss
e. Current events
f. Romeo
g. Nativity scene
h. Bar
i. Cookbook
j. Western

Answers:

1. j - Western (stagecoach) 
2. h - Bar (raise/lower)
3. a - Statue
4. g - Nativity scene
5. i - Cookbook (Julia Child)
6. c - Double park
7. d - Kiss
8. f - Romeo
9. b - Dent
10. e - Current events (electrical)

Credits:
1: Richard Hughes
2: Lynn Lempel
3. Zhouqin Burnikel
4. Laura Taylor Kinnel