MIND FLEXERS XXXVI

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. Miss out
2. Monkey's place
3. Refrain from piracy
4. Sidewalk social
5. Google users' get-together
6. If's, and's, and but's
7. Japan capital
8. Pit boss
9. Dilated pupils
10. Orioles and Cardinals

CHOICES:
a. Conductor
b. Cement mixer
c. Yen
d. Deb
e. Lamaze graduates
f. Baseball players
g. Search party
h. Middle
i. Plurals
j. Yo-ho-ho

Answers:

1. d - Deb (debutante)
2. h - Middle 
3. j - Yo-ho-ho 
4. b - Cement mixer
5. g - Search party
6. i - Plurals
7. c - Yen (money)
8. a - Conductor (orchestra pit)
9. e - Lamaze graduates
10. f - Baseball players

Credits:
1-3: Manny Nosowsky
4-5: Doug Peterson
6: Lila Cherry