Friday, October 16, 2026

MIND FLEXERS CXLVI

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

1. Something to draw
2. Be a good scout
3. Jailhouse Rock
4. Hole in one
5. Not completely honest
6. One's last words
7. Walk in place
8. They're ahead of the game
9. Be there or be square
10. Landfill, Goose feathers, Junkyard  
 
CHOICES:
a. Clinic
b. In debt
c. Belly button
d. Fran
e. Lots
f. Down in the dumps
g. Prepare
h. Anthems
i. Alcatraz
j. I do
 
Answers:
 
1. e - Lots
2. g - Prepare (Scout motto: Be Prepared)
3. i - Alcatraz
4. c - Belly button
5. d - Fran (frank) 
6. j - I do (one = unmarried person)
7. a - Clinic
8. h - Anthems
9. b - In debt (square = not owing)
10. f - Down in the dumps  
 
Credits: 
 
1-2: Harvey Estes
3-4: Shawn Kennedy
5: Sam Brody
6: Eva McCarthy
7-9: Shawn Kennedy
10: Rich Katz  

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