MIND FLEXERS LIX

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. Silicon chip

2. Choice tableware

3. Step back

4. Peacemaker

5. Riches, formerly

6. Hugo and Edgar

7. Rear

8. Works at a museum

9. First Lady's garden

10. Shower head, perhaps

CHOICES:

a. Parent

b. Pets

c. Maid of Honor

d. Fork

e. Eden

f. Reese's

g. Art

h. Siding

i. Awards

j. Rags

 

Answers:

 

1. h - Siding (Si = silicon)

2. d - Fork (fork in the road)

3. b - Pets (step spelled backward) 

4. f - Reese's (pieces)

5. j - Rags (rags to riches success story)

6. i - Awards (Hugo - Science Fiction / Edgar - Mystery) 

7. a - Parent (rear children)

8. g - Art

9. e - Eden

10. c - Maid of Honor (bridal shower)

 

Credits:

1: Jack Murtagh

2: Joseph Appel

3: Alan P. Olschdwang

5. Edgar Fontaine