Friday, December 3, 2021

MIND FLEXERS LXXX

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. Mutiny
2. Zipper friction
3. Commuting humorist
4. Sitting on a plush sofa cushion
5. Time of your life
6. Couple out on a limb
7. Horse halter
8. Poetic desserts
9. Court order
10. Georgia neighbor
11. Yonder yacht
12. English experts

CHOICES:
a. Hand and foot
b. Dragonfly
c. Pool sharks
d. Her
e. Age
f. Whoa
g. Wagon train
h. Button down
i. Russia
j. Pound cakes
k. Coupon clipper
l. Be seated
 
Answers:
 
1. k - Coupon clipper (Coup on clipper)
2. b - Dragonfly ( Drag on fly)
3. g - Wagon train ( Wag on train)
4. h - Button down ( Butt on down)
5. e - Age
6. a - Hand and foot
7. f- Whoa
8. j - Pound cakes (Ezra Pound)
9. l - Be seated
10. i - Russia (Eur-Asian Georgia)
11. d - Her
12. c - Pool sharks (English is the spin put on a pool ball)
 
Credits:
1-4: Mike Shenk
5: Evan Kalish 
6: Bernice Gordon 
7: Betty Jorgensen 
8. Nancy Scandrett Ross
12: Kate Hawkins

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