FLEXERS CXV

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. The choices are in random order. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Grounded Jet

2. Majority of Europeans

3. Be stingy 

4. Mule sound

5. Catch a ride to the beach

6. Mean guy

7. Outer ear

8. Runners carry it

9. Angel on the head of a pine

10. Professional with a grand and a plan

CHOICES:

a. Husk

b. Long "U"

c. Vowels

d. Sacked

e. Ornament

f. Surf

g. Smart

h. Average Joe

i. Piano mover

j. Sled

Answers:

 

1. d - Sacked (tackled NY Jets quarterback) 

2. c - Vowels (letters in Europeans) 

3. g - Smart (hard "g")

4. b - Long "U" 

5. f - Surf (direction not specified)

6. h - Average Joe (mathematical "mean")

7. a - Husk (corn)

8. j - Sled (sled sits on wood or metal runners)

9. e - Ornament (pine - not pin - Christmas tree)

10. i - Piano mover (grand piano)

Credits:

1-2: Evan Birnholz

3: Steve Mossberg

4-5: Rachel Fabi and Rebecca Goldstein

6: Erik Agard

7: Ben Tolkin

8: Ben Howe and Owen Travis

9: Peter Gordon

10: Alex Eaton-Salners