MIND FLEXERS V

Credit: GAMES Magazine
May, 2005

Fraser Simpson  

Example: Monarch after dieting / Pondering

Answer: Thin king / Thinking

1. Tiny chess piece/Tuesday evening, for one

2. Crying from a synagogue leader/ TV Antennas

3. Nabbed alcoholic drink/Percussion instrument

4. Vestige of a certain snake/Sailing competition

5. Greenish-blue roof overhangs/Brewed items

6. Owl cries from Peruvian natives/Scheming together

7. Pep assembly about heredity units/As a rule

8. Shipping boxes for a river horse/Ancient Greek physician

9. Last minute substitute at a wedding/Unseated guests' place

10. Flower on a horse's bridle/ Buddhist after-life belief

11. Suitable neckwear/Deed subjects

12. Confession of a scandal monger/Hawaiian, for one

Answers:

1. Wee knight / Week night

2. Rabbi tears / Rabbit ears

3. Snared rum / Snare drum

4. Boa trace / Boat race

5. Teal eaves / Tea leaves

6. Inca hoots / In cahoots

7. Gene rally / Generally

8. Hippo crates / Hippocrates

9. Stand-in groom / Standing room

10. Rein carnation / Reincarnation

11. Proper ties / Properties

12. "I slander"/ Islander