MIND FLEXERS CXXXVIII 

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. The relationships are disguised by double meanings, altered spacing within words, and/or other wordplay. 

1 Safe job

2. trajectorY

3 Pin numbers

4. Ice vs. Stone

5. All for nothing 

6. Mules and crocs

7. Remains to be seen 

8. Name in whole milk 

9. Farm job and animal

10. What comes before we go

 

CHOICES:

a. Ruins

b. Sow

c. 7-10

d. Heist

e. Away

f. Why of course

g. Age disparity

h. Shoes

i. Antonym

j. Emil

 

Answers:

 

1. d - Heist

2. f - Why of course (letter Y) [trajectory = course]

3. c - 7-10 (bowling pins)

4. g - Age disparity

5. i - Antonym

6. h - Shoes

7. a - Ruins

8. j - Emil (wholE MILk)

9. b - Sow (heteronym)[sow seeds/sow(rhymes with how) - female pig)  

10. e - Away ("Away we go")

 

Credits:

1: Ryan McCarty

2: Rebecca Goldstein 

4: Zachary David Levy

5: Katherine Xiong

6: Kareem Ayas and Will Eisenberg

7: Ryan McCarty

8: Michael Sclossberg

10: Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa