MIND FLEXERS CXXXIX

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

1. Lab order

2. Stingy sort 

3. Rocks in a bar

4. Alphabetical order

5. Who really knows?

6. Octopus vs. Starfish 

7. They divide to multiply 

8. The thought that counts

9.  Take the window instead of the aisle

10. Embarrassment, Cold, Fear, Nausea 

 

CHOICES:

a. Armed conflict 

b. Ice

c. Heel 

d. Elope

e. BLT

f. Wasp

g. Cells

h. It's hard to say

i. Mental math

j. Reasons to turn color 

 

Answers:

 

1. c - Heel (Labrador retriever)

2. f - Wasp (hard g)

3. b - Ice (cubes)

4. e - BLT (food order)

5. h - It's hard to say

6. a - Armed conflict

7. g - Cells

8. i - Mental math

9. d - Elope 

10. j - Reasons to turn color (Red with embarrassment, Blue with cold, White with fear, Green with nausea)

 

Credits:

2: Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan

4: Mike Shenk

5: Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan

6: Zachary David Levy

8: Kelly Morenus and Erik Agard