FLEXERS CXXXVII

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. Wordplay is fair play.

1. merCy 

2. Country song 

3. Retiring group 

4. One end of a lap 

5. Went from 0 to 60

6. One drawn to scale

7. Window for a shopper 

8. Level the playing field 

9. In need of an evening out 

10.  Go back so you can start again

 

Choices:

a. Price range

b. Knees

c. Tag up

d. Sea of humanity

e. Aged

f. Mow

g. Pit crew

h. Creased

i. Mountaineer

j. Anthem 

 

Answers:

 

1. d - Sea of humanity (mercy = humanity)

2. j - Anthem

3. g - Pit crew (re-tiring)

4. b - Knees (lap when sitting down)

5. e - Aged  

6. i - Mountaineer (scale = climb)

7. a - Price range

8. f - Mow

9. h - Creased (evening = making even)

10. c -Tag up (baseball)  

 

Credits:

1. Rebecca Goldstein

2: Kevin Bhavsar

3: Mike Shenk  

4: Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa

5: Danny J. Rooney

6: Jonathan Raskin and Jeff Chen 

7: Paolo Pasco

8: Aidan Deshong

9: Larry Snyder