MIND FLEXERS XXIV

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. The relationships are disguised by double meanings or altered spacing within words. The choices are in random order.

1. Perspire
2. Adam and Eve
3. Locks in a barn
4. It's still made
5. Golf pro
6. Tree surgeon
7. Crude transport
8. It often precedes a fall
9. Checks and balances minders

CHOICES:
a. Branch manager
b. Garden parties
c. Driving instructor
d. Banks
e. Moonshine
f. Trip
g. Mane
h. Oil tanker
i. How a steeplejack gets paid

Answers:

1. i - Perspire (per spire)
2. b - Garden parties (Eden)
3. g - Mane (horse)
4. e - Moonshine (still-made)
5. c - Driving instructor
6. a - Branch manager
7. h - Oil tanker 
8. f - Trip
9. d - Banks

Credits:
1-3: Paul Coulter
4: Mary Pat Hidding
5-6: Patrick Merrell