MIND FLEXERS CXXIV

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. The relationships are disguised by puns, altered spacing within words, and/or other wordplay.

1. History class

2. Letters B through Z

3. Part of an electric bill

4. Serving dish on a ship 

5. Like many Congressional speeches

6. Current

7. Blusher

8. Holster

9. Grade-A quality

10. Draw on a board 

CHOICES:

a. Redone

b. Accost

c. Gray skies

d. Kennel fee

e. Pasta

f. Armrest

g. Stalemate

h. Bowling alley

i. As long as

j. Pasted

Answers:

 

1. j - Pasted (past ed[ucation])

2. e - Pasta (past A)

3. b - Accost (AC cost)

4. h - Bowling alley (bowl in galley)

5. i - So long as (solon gas)

6. d - Kennel fee (cur rent)

7. a - Redone (red one)

8. f - Armrest (arm rest)

9. c - Gray skies (gray day quality)

10. g- Stalemate (chess)

Credits:

1-5: Bill Graham

6-8: Rosalie Moscovitch

9: Damon Gulczynski

10. Emet Ozar