MIND FLEXERS III

Credit: GAMES Magazine

Mary Ellen Slate

Match the items on the left with those on the right based on similar or related meanings. The relationships are disguised by the use of puns or altered spacing within the words. For example, given the clue REPAIR, the answer could be "Marry again," as in RE-PAIR.

1. Single guy's world                 Gored

2. Props                                      Mice

3. Reaches                                  Prison song

4. Catskills                                 Warfare

5. Private enterprise                   Playthings

6. Penchant                                Hurts again

7. Not at issue                            Massacres

8. Blush                                      Infantry attack

9. K rations                                Stagnation

10. Cape Cod estate                   Handkerchief

Answers:

1. Single guy's world - Stag nation

2. Props - Play things

3. Re aches - Hurts again

4. Cats' kills - Mice

5. Private enterprise - Infantry attack

6. Pen chant - Prison song

7. Not a tissue - Handkerchief

8. Blush - Go red

9. K ration - War fare

10. Cape Cod estate - Mass. acres