MIND FLEXERS XII
Credit: GAMES Magazine
February, 2008
Rosalie Moscovitch

Match the words on the left with those on the right based on similar or related meanings. The relationships are disguised by the use of double meanings or altered spacing within words. For example, given the clue: GO FISHING, the answer could be CASTANET, as in cast a net. Ignore the dotted lines.

1. Capon............................................Won't settle
2. Decrease........................................Fashion model
3. Downfall........................................Portraitist
4. Proposer.........................................Unopened
5. Bar.................................................Molting
6. Step on the scale............................Stepson
7. Issuing...........................................Manager
8. Treats shabbily..............................Note
9. Father Time...................................Cell division
10. Top drawer .................................Iron

Answers:

1. Unopened - cap on
2. Iron
3. Molting - down fall
4. Fashion model - pro poser
5. Cell division
6. Note
7. Won't settle - is suing
8. Stepson - steps on
9. Manager - man ager
10. Portraitist