MIND FLEXERS CXLIII

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. Rite aid  

2. A minor

3. An older you

4. Bridle suite 

5. Curling iron 

6. Oil container 

7. Boring outcome 

8. Record producer 

9. Names, when doubled

10. Heart of a hero, perhaps 

 

CHOICES:

a. Bodybuilding

b. Stable

c. Salami

d. Acolyte

e. Thee

f. Arrest

g. Hole

h. Sings

i. Key

j. Frame

 

Answers:

 

1. d - Acolyte (rite aid)

2. i - key (music)

3. e - Thee

4. b - Stable (not bridal)

5. a - Bodybuilding

6. j - Frame (oil painting)

7. g - Hole

8. f - Arrest (police record)

9. h - Sings (confesses, rats out)

10. c - Salami (hero sandwich) 

 

Credits:

1: Constructor unknown 

2-3: Matthew Luter

4: David P. Williams

5: John Peterman

6: Mike Shenk

7: Jeffrey Wechsler

8: Aiden Glenn

9: Mike Shenk 

10: Wendy Brandes and  Barbara Lin