MIND FLEXERS LXXXVI

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. Cellar 

2. Big rig gig

3. Fashion line

4. Business that supplies gift shops

5. Group of commuters

6. Origami standard bearer

7. Put down in writing

8. Carpooler

9. Hoover

10. Briefest

11. Clanking

12. Shove 

CHOICES:

a. Automate

b. Last place

c. Parole board

d. Cheese party

e. Hauling

f. Crane

g. Hem

h. Adam

i. Chieftain

j. Present company

k. Pushkin

l. Libel

Answers:

 

1. b - Last place (as in baseball standings)

2. e - Hauling

3. g - Hem

4. j - Present company

5. c - Parole board

6. f - Crane

7. l - Libel

8. a - Automate

9. h - Adam

10. d - Cheese party (brie fest)

11. i - Chieftain (clan king)

12. k - Pushkin 

 

 

Credits:

2-4: Mike Shenk and Barbara Lin

5: Billy Bratton 

8-12: Fraser Simpson

          GAMES/World of Puzzles

          January, 2022