FLEXERS XXV

Credits:
STRICTLY SPEAKING II
GAMES Magazine
June, 2000
Jack Donohue (#1-7)

VERBAL ILLUSIONS
GAMES Magazine (Word Ways)
November, 1982
Dmitri A. Borgman (#8-12)

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. The choices are in random order. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Change a B to a B+
2. Take another Greyhound
3. Take down billboards
4. Go back to a life of vice
5. Retire from modeling
6. Rent to a new tenant
7. Withdraw suffrage
8. Bright red color
9. Woman's name
10. Showy display
11. Very small flower
12. "Not guilty - no doubt about it!"

CHOICES:

a. Hot dogs at a baseball game
b. Consecrate
c. Sappy stuff
d. Small scar
e. Sketch out
f. Comment
g. One-thousandth of a penny
h. Lowest
i. Enjoyment
j. Oust
k. Set free
l. Picture puzzle

Answers:

1. f - Comment (remark/re-mark)
2. l - Picture puzzle (rebus - re/bus)
3. e - Sketch out (design/de-sign)
4. c - Sappy stuff (resin/re-sin)
5. j - Oust (depose/de-pose)
6. k - Set free (release/re-lease)
7. b - Consecrate (devote/de-vote)
8. d - Small scar (scarlet)
9. g - One thousandth of a penny (Millicent/milli-cent)
10. a - Hot dogs at a baseball game (fanfare/fan fare)
11. h - Lowest (minimum/mini mum)
12. i - Enjoyment (pleasure/plea sure)