Thursday, March 7, 2024

MIND FLEXERS CXVIII

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. School zone
2. Ball field
3. Hole in a sweater
4. Cold place
5. Rock singer
6. Work form a folder
7. Pick-up line
8. Finish line
9. Early number
10. Gift everyone flips over
 
CHOICES:
a. Pore
b. Hello
c. Head
d. Snow globe
e. Origami
f. Comedy
g. Ether
h. Siren
i. Ocean
j. That's a wrap 

Answers:
 
1. i - Ocean
2. f - Comedy (Lucille Ball)
3. a - Pore
4. c - Head
5. h - Siren (mythology)
6. e - Origami
7. b - Hello (pick up the phone)
8. j - That's a wrap
9. g - Ether (silent "b")
10. d - Snow globe
 
Credits:
1. Sam Acker
2-3: Ogden Porter
4-5: Jay Sullivan
6-7: Dena R. Witkes
8: Stella Zawistowski
9: Larry Snyder
10: Robyn Weintraub

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