MIND FLEXERS CXLV

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. AC  DC  WC

2. Eagle, Robin, Quartz

3. ATSON, EKYL, POC 

4. Children's quarters' site  

5. Russian, French, and Itlaian

6. First two syllables of, "I am what I am." 

7. Stargazing setting

8. Met expectations 

9. Crib sheet user

10. Sticking point

 

CHOICES:

a. Dressings

b. Red carpet

c. Power behind the throne

d. Baby

e. Operas

f. Doctor without borders

g. Arcade

h. Two birds with one stone

i. Tine

j. Iamb 

 

Answers:

 

1. c - Power behind the throne (WC = washcloset)

2. h - Two birds with one stone

3. f - Doctors without borders (WatsonN, JekylL, SpocK) 

4. g - Arcade (quarters = coins)

5. a - Dressings

6. j - Iamb (unstressed/stressed)  

7. b - Red carpet

8. e - Operas (Metropolitan Opera)

9. d - Baby

10. i - Tine (as on a fork)  

 

Credits: 

1-2: Rich Katz

3: Sam Brody

4: Adrian Johnson and Alexandra Doumani

6: Willa Angel Chen Miller 

7: Rafael Musa and Amie Walker

9: Terry Sun and Carina da Rosa

10: Jack Hatchett