MIND FLEXERS CXXX

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. Edit

2. Gained a lap 

3. Join the team

4. Like Mary's pet

5. Dopey, for one

6. Abstemious group 

7. A little bit of everything

8. Famous British rock group

9. Punctuation mark for all time

10. Used in breaking and entering

 

CHOICES:

a. Colon

b. Miner

c. Polish

d. Cue

e. Yoke

f. Sat down

g. Stonehenge

h. Ovine

i. A, e, i, o, u

j. Sesame

Answers:

1. c - Polish (verb polish - small p)

2. f - Sat down

3. e - Yoke

4. h - Ovine

5. b - Miner (dwarf)

6. i - A, e, i, o, u (five vowels in order)

7. j - Sesame (bagel)

8. g - Stonehenge

9. a - Colon (12:00)

10. d - Cue (pool/stage)

Credits:

1: Joe Gangi

2: Roland Huget

3: Sam Ezersky

4-5: Cindy Wheeler

6: Evan Birhnolz

7: Own Bergstein

8: Jem Burch

9. Kelly Ball

10. Mike Shenk