MIND FLEXERS CXXXV

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. B 

2. LGBT  

3. Hedge fund 

4. Bash and bop

5. Cold comfort 

6. Winds up or down 

7. Go out in the winter

8. Request before a snap

9. Ali's defeat of Liston in 1964

10. Rosh Hashanah to a bread maker

 

CHOICES:

a. Lozenge

b. Big smile

c. Bandleader

d. Pair of socks

e. Feat of Clay

f. Landscaping budget

g. Queue before Q

h. Challahday

i. Hibernate

j. Ends

 

Answers:

 

1.  c - Bandleader (leading letter)

2. g - Queue before Q (LGBTQ)

3. f - Landscaping budget (hedge as bush)

4. d - Pair of socks

5. a - Lozenge (cold as an illness)

6. j - Ends

7. i - Hibernate (go out as sleep)

8. b - Big smile (snap a picture)

9. e - Feat of Clay (Cassius Clay the boxer)

10. h - Challahday (Challah is Jewish Sabbath bread) 

 

Credits:

1: Gary Larson

2: Ruth Bloomfield Margolin and Hannah Margolin

3: Billy Bratton

4: Lynn Lempel

5: Will Nediger

6: Mark McClain

7: Barbara Lin 

8: Victor Fleming

9. Gary Larson

10: Richard Silvestri