MIND FLEXERS XXXIII

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

1. Center of the Milky Way
2. First state, in a way
3. Hazard for those over 65
4. Surfer
5. Lincoln, Madison, or Jackson
6. Labor partner
7. Profanity
8. Locks in a barn
9. Visit a school, in a way
10. Dry-erase whiteboards
11. Start of an anti-coal petition
12. What you can take, but I can't

CHOICES:
a. Man overboard
b. Caramel
c. State capital
d. Mane
e. Are
f. Par for the coarse
g. Speed trap
h. Remarkable
i. Dear Santa
j. Alabama
k. Skin dive
l. Parts

Answers:

1. b - Caramel (candy bar)
2. j - Alabama (alphabetical order)
3. g - Speed trap (65 mph)
4. a - Man overboard (over board) 
5. c - State capital
6. l - Parts
7. f - Par for the coarse (vulgar)
8. d - Mane (horse's locks)
9. k - Skin dive (school of fish)
10. h - Remarkable (re-markable)
11. i - Dear Santa (lump of coal)
12. e - Are (you are, but not I are)

Credits:
3: James E. Buell
7: Lakenan Barnes
11-12: Anna Gundlach