ODDS AND ENDS 

1. The actual business with the best natural palindromic name ever was the YREKA BAKERY in Yreka,  California - just below the Oregon border. It was open continuously for 100 years, from 1856-1965. When it closed, the gallery that took its place named itself YRELLA GALLERY to preserve the palindrome. 

2. Complete this analogy:

    FLAG:FOOTBALL :: ________ : ________ 

 

3. What is this rebus?    O T T  R 

                                      W E E  O

                                       L A R  B 

                                           L N  I

                                                   N  

 

4.  A well-known city's abbreviation + a common traffic abbreviation = A mythological maiden

 

5. SECOND may not be first, but it has a lot of words that follow it to make common expressions. How many can you think of? 17 are listed below in alphabetical order.

 

Answers:

 

2. CARD:SOCCER (penalty symbols)

3. Bird migration (birds going south)

4. NY + MPH = NYMPH  

5. SECOND _______

                     BEST

                     CHANCE 

                     CLASS 

                     COMING 

                     ESTATE 

                     FIDDLE 

                     GUESS

                     HAND 

                     HOME 

                     NATURE 

                     PERSON 

                     RATE

                     READING

                     SIGHT

                     STRING 

                     THOUGHT

                     WIND 

 

Credits:

3: Rena Cohen

4: E.R. Galli