MIND FLEXERS LXIX

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. Model's makeup, often

2. Getaway driver

3. Something you can bank on

4. Certain tie

5. Line of thinking

6. Contacts may be made following this

7. They thicken when they twist

8. Common pin number

9. Garden party

10. Lose one's shadow

CHOICES:

a. Flight attendant

b. Eye exam

c. Shave

d. ATM

e. Cat's game

f. Eve

g. Balsa

h. Plots

i. Ten

j. EEG

Answers:

 

1. g - Balsa (model kit)

2. a - Flight attendant

3. d - ATM

4. e. Cat's game

5. j - EEG*

6. b - Eye exam (contact lenses)

7. h - Plots

8. i - Ten (not PIN - bowling pins) 

9. f - Eve (Garden of Eden)

10. c- Shave

*An EEG is an electroencephalogram - which measures brain activity. 

 

Credit:

1: Andrew J. Ries

2: Paul Coulter

6: Frank Longo

7: Myles Callum

8: Bob Peoples

9-10: Elizabeth C. Gorski