FLEXERS CXXXVIII

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

1. Met expectations 

2. Cotton vs. silk

3. Fall guy

4. braIn

5. Make a quarter turn

6. Cost for a letter 

7. Start to ponder 

8. Product line 

9. Gateway tref*

10. Rice grounds

 

*Tref (treyf/traif) is Yiddish for food that is not kosher.

 

Choices:

a. Slogan

b. Campus

c. Operas

d. Adam

e. Trans

f. Rent

g. Bacon

h. Flip a coin

i. Mind's eye 

j. Material difference 

 

Answers:

 

1. c - Operas (NY Metropolitan Opera)  

2. j - Material difference

3. d - Adam

4. i - Mind's eye

5. h - Flip a coin

6. f - Rent (to let = to rent)

7. e - Trans (transponder)

8. a - Slogan

9. g - Bacon

10. b - Campus (Rice University in Houston, TX)

 

Credits:

2: Zachary David Levy

4: Rebecca Goldstein

5: Kareem Ayas 

6: Ryan Patrick Smith

7: David P. Williams

8: Ryan Patrick Smith

10: Guilherme Gilioli