MIND FLEXERS CXL

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. Cheese 

2. Caught up 

3. Foil vs. Saber  

4. Worcestershire

5. Box in a theater 

6. What's going on

7. The eyes have it

8. Run out of clothes

9. Heartless character

10. Thing that's handled badly

11. Frequent question about the spelling of Caribbean 

 

CHOICES;

a. The Tin Man

b. Mascara

c. Points of contention

d. Treed

e. Misnomer

f. It's hard to say

g. Two b's or not two b's

h. Raisinets

i. Streak

j. Attire

k. Milk's leap toward immortality

 

Answers:

 

1. k - Milk's leap toward immortality

2. d - Treed

3. c - Points of contention

4. f - It's hard to say

5. h - Raisinets

6. j - Attire

7. b - Mascara

8. i - Streak

9. a - The Tin Man

10. e - Misnomer (handled = named)

11. g - Two b's or not two b's  

 

Credits:

 

1: Clifton Fadiman

2: Matthew Sewell

3: Zachary David Levy

4: Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan

5: Jason Reich

6: Ana Stiga

7-8: Dan Kammann and Zhouqin Burnikel

9: Karen Steinberg 

10: Rafael Musa  

11: Randolph Ross