MIND FLEXERS CXI

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. Makes money

2. Hard rock instrument 

3. Boomers at a rock concert

4. Request a Spanish speaker

5. Where to find hammers and anvils

6. Microwaves

7. Ceres or Vesta

8. Main force

9. Was around

10. Crown jewel 

11. Works in a hotel lobby

CHOICES:

a. Saw

b. Asteroid

c. Sledge hammer

d. Preakness

e. Mints

f. Inner ear

g. Art prints

h. Press 2

i. Amps

j. Ripples

k. Armada

Answers:

 

1. e - Mints

2. c - Sledge hammer

3. i - Amps

4. h - Press 2 

5. f - Inner ear

6. j - Ripples

7. b - Asteroid

8. k - Armada

9. a - Saw (was reversed)

10. d - Preakness

11. g - Art prints

Credits:

6-7: Lee Taylor

8-9: Stella Zawistowski 

10: Steve Mossberg 

11. Brynn and Mark Diehl