MIND FLEXERS LVI

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. Vidi 

2. Cape 

3. Pole star

4. Nice house

5. News to me 

6. Stanley award

7. Do thumbthing

8. Territorial dispute

9. One on a slippery slope

10.  One who doesn't finish a sentence

CHOICES:

a. Hitchhike

b. Carbon copy

c. Wildebeest

d. Parolee

e. Chopin

f. Maison

g. 8 ounces

h. Caesarean section

i. Ground beef

j. Ski

Answers:

 

1. h - Caesarean section (Veni, Vidi, Vici)

2. b - Carbon copy (C = carbon, ape = copy)

3. e - Chopin (born in Poland)

4. f - Maison (Nice - French city)

5. c- Wildebeest (gnus)

6. g - 8 ounces (8 ounces = 1 cup - Stanley Cup) 

7. a - Hitchhike

8. i - Ground beef (beef - complaint)

9. j - Ski

10. d - Parolee (prison sentence)

Credits:

2 & 9: Jack Murtagh

3: Mike Shenk

4: Ed Voile

6: Jim Holland

8: Michael Lieberman

10. Freddie Cheng