MIND FLEXERS CXXIX

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

1. Office seeker's comment

2. Place for a donut

3. Throws on the floor

4. Rule broken by foreigners

5. Sowing machine

6. Party animal 

7. Gifted travelers

8. Choose not to retire

9. Person needing a hand

10. Alley cat, Gumshoe, Annoy

CHOICES:

a. The Maji

b. Palm reader

c. Area rugs

d. Elephant

e. Average guy

f. Iran

g. Stay up late

h. Trunk

i. Seeder

j. I before E except after C 

Answers:

1. f - Iran 

2. h - Trunk (donut = small wheel used as a spare tire)

3. c - Area rugs

4. j - I before E except after C

5. i - Seeder (not sewing)

6. d - Elephant (GOP symbol)

7. a - The Magi (3 Wise Men)

8. g - Stay up late

9. b - Palm reader

10. e - Average guy (alley cat = Tom

                                  gumshoe = Dick

                                  annoy = Harry)

Credits:

1: Michael J. Doran

3-4: Doug Peterson

5: Jim Holland

6: Brian E. Paquin

7: Trip Payne

8: Patrick Berry

9: Lynn Lempel