MIND FLEXERS LXV

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. No-win situation

2. Mythological beach 

3. What Noah did on the ark

4. Public and private, for two

5. It can be pumped or bumped

6. Where to find the rank and file

7. Merger between Kraft and Hershey

8. Excellent bird

9. Bunny working at a N.Y. paper

10. Chicken co-ordinating a big shindig

CHOICES:

a. Singles bars

b. Juno

c. Fist

d. Even then

e. Board game

f. Super bowl

g. Tie

h. Time share

i. Eye openers

j. Chess board

Answers:

 

1. g - Tie

2. b - Juno (D-Day beach)

3. e - Board game (game - animals)

4. i - Eye openers (public eye)

5. c - Fist

6. j - Chess board*

7. a - Singles bars (Kraft Singles)

8. f - Super Bowl (Superb owl)

9. h - Time share (Times hare)

10. d - Even then (Event hen)

 

*6: On a chess board, the rows are called ranks and the columns files.

 

Credits:

2: Harvey Estes

3. Gary Larson 

5: Patrick Jordan

6: Joseph Appel 

8-10: Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen