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. After all
2. Seasoned salt
3. Dogs in shoes
4. Layers of stone
5. Stress-free sound
6. Frequent strike site
7. Certain lamp feature
8.Where the Rams play
9. Operating room number
10. Game with a pecking order

CHOICES:
a. Schwa
b. Masons
c. Feet
d. Butterfield Stadium
e. Three wishes
f. Spin the Bottle
g. Last
h. Home
i. Tar
j. Anesthesia

Answers:

1. g - Last
2. i - Tar (sailor)
3. c - Feet
4. b - Masons
5. a - Schwa*
6. h - Home (plate - baseball)
7. e - Three wishes
8. d - Butterfield Stadium
9. j - Anesthsia (numb)
10. f - Spin the Bottle (kissing)

Credits:
5: Will Nediger - The schwa (represented by an upside-down, reversed e in the dictionary) is the name given to an unaccented vowel sound - like the i in pencil or o in lemon.
9: Donna S. Levin