MIND FLEXERS CXXIII

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 answers are in random order.

1. What to ask for when lost

2. Astronaut's former pest

3. Sponsor a foreigner

4. Sponsor a squealer

5. Cut and paste

6. Wait and see

7. Wounded knee site, for short

8. Stall for Time

9. Disney" Lady, for one

10. Row where you might find a Rho

11. Help in turning a double into a triple

CHOICES:

a. Fraternity

b. Exorbitant

c. Stopwatch

d. Dog

e. Warehouses

f. Cot

g. Chopstick

h. Bacchanalian 

i. Magazine stand

j. ACL

k. Baccarat 

Answers:

 

1. e - Warehouses (where house is)

2. b - Exorbitant ( ex orbit ant)

3. h - Bachannalian (back an alien)

4. k - Baccarat (back a rat)

5. g - Chopstick

6.  c - Stopwatch

7. j - ACL (knee is not capitalized)

8. i - Magazine stand (Time is capitalized)

9. d - Dog ("Lady and the Tramp")

10. a - Fraternity

11. f - Cot (as in a hotel room)

 

Credits: 

1-4: Maura Jacobson 

5-7: Brad Wiegmann 

8: Will Nediger 

9: Lynn K.Watson

10: Pablo Pasco and Sarah Sinclair

11. Wendy L. Brandes and John Lieb