MIND FLEXERS CXVI

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. The relationships are disguised by double meanings and/or altered spacing within word. The choices are in random order. 

1. Does as well as others

2. Test of fortitude

3. Newspaper billboard

4. Story with a point

5. Turn back time

6. Flip tops

7. Meet face to face 

8. It's slashed for everyone

9. Place to find a drink and a date

10. Does extra work

CHOICES:

a. Spot

b. Deer

c. Oasis

d. Sign of the Times

e. Attic

f. Emit

g. Metal detector

h. Acts

i. He/she

j. Kiss

Answers:

 

1. b - Deer  

2. g - Metal detector (mettle)

3. d - Sign of the Times 

4. e - Attic

5. f - Emit

6. a - Spot

7. j - Kiss

8. i- He/she*

9. c - Oasis

10. h - Acts

 

*No disrespect intended to non-binary people

 

Credits:

1: Stella Zawistowski 

2: Ruth Blomfield Margolin

3. Chris Johnson

4. Brooke Husic

5-6: Luke Schreiber

7: Annemarie Brethauer and Katie Hale

8. Lester Ruff

9. Emma Lawson and Hoang-Kim Vu

10. Michael Lieberman and Kate Chin