MIND FLEXERS LXX

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. Elbows on the table

2. It's raised on a farm

3. Stinky place

4. Semi hauler

5. River at flood stage

6. Nurse in a maternity nursery

7. Exclaim

8. Not quite a majority

9. Bar

10. Root word

 

CHOICES:

a. Baby shower

b. Barn

c. Rah

d. Tower of strength

e. Alimony

f. Macaroni

g. Half

h. Measure

i. High heaven

j. Wildflower 

Answers:

 

1. f - Macaroni (pasta)

2. b - Barn

3. i - High heaven (stinks like .....)

4. d - Tower of strength (tow truck)

5. j - Wildflower (wild flower)

6. a - Baby shower (show babies)

7. e - Alimony (ex claim)

8. g - Half

9. h - Measure (music)

10. c - Rah (rah team)

 

Credits:

1-3: Byron Walden

4-6: Richard Silvestri (Look Twice) 

7-8: Randolph Ross

9: Bill Weber

10. John M. Samson