MIND FLEXERS LXXIII

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. Leader of the pack

2. Language of history

3. Half of XOXOXO

4. Land of plenty

5. Big or Little Dipper

6. KGB

7. Blue state

8. Minimal change

9. Identical

10. Napkin

CHOICES:

a. Melancholy

b. Snooze

c. Asia

d. Spitting

e. Hugs

f. Sly insect

g. Cubmaster

h. Chip

i. Past tense

j. Penny

Answers:

 

1. g - Cubmaster

2. i - Past tense

3. e - Hugs (also kisses)

4. c - Asia (most populous continent)

5. h - Chip

6. f - sly insect ( cagey bee)

7. a - Melancholy

8. j - Penny

9. d - Spitting (spitting image)

10. b- Snooze ( nap kin)

Credits:

1: Bruce Venzke and Victor Fleming

4-5: John Guzzetta

6. David Poole

7. Alex Vratsanos 

8: Stanley Newman 

9-10: Manny Nosowsky