MIND FLEXERS LXXXV

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. Carol's swimmer

2. Winners' circles

3. Catchy abbreviation

4. Where single people are not allowed  

5. Bunch of Brownies 

6. Go for the bronze

7. How to get to Carnegie Hall

8. Big or Little Dippers

9. Very small additional helpings

10. What the modest pastry chef said about her pudding cake

CHOICES:

a. Ladles

b. APB

c. Troop

d. Microseconds

e. Swan

f. Subway

g. A mere trifle

h. Olympic medals

i. Tan

j. HOV lane

Answers:

 

1. e - Swan (12 Days of Christmas)

2. h - Olympic medals

3. b - APB (All Points Bulletin)

4. j - HOV lane

5. c - Troop

6. i - Tan

7. f - Subway

8. a - Ladles

9. d - Microseconds

10. g - A mere trifle

Credits:

2-4:  Andrew Ries and Caitlin Reid

8-10: Aaron M. Rosenberg