FLEXERS CXLIV

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

1. Back biter

2. Grant group 

3. Civic's class 

4. Carousel rider

5. Kitchen drawer

6. Fairy tale ending 

7. Room with a view 

8. Place to find a date

9. Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde      

10. Drive in Beverly Hills

 

CHOICES:

a. Corner office

b. Rodeo

c. The North

d. Cornerstone

e. Molar

f. Honor among thieves

g. Bag

h. Sedan

i. Ale

j. Aroma

 

Answers:

 

1. e - Molar

2. c - The North (Civil War)

3. h - Sedan (Civic - the car)

4. g - Bag (airport)  

5. j - Aroma (something that draws)

6. i - Ale (literal letters)

7. a - Corner office

8. d - Cornerstone

9. f - Honor among thieves

10. b - Rodeo (street with expensive stores)  

 

Credits:

1. Jackson and Patrick Musker

2.  Brandon Emmett Quigley

3. Dena R. Verkuil and John Kegelman

4. Barbara Lin and Jess Rucks

5. Kyle Dolan

6. Scott Hogan

8. Betsy Ochester and Andrew Gutelle

9. Rich Katz

10. Mike Shenk    

    

 

FLEXERS CXLIII

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

1. Keep calm 

2. Team building 

3. Acted all crabby

4. Changes the locks  

5. Faster opposite 

6. Reminder of an old flame 

7. Grocery store 

8. Present day mover 

9. It has rocks and rolls 

10. Spending money for Pavarotti 

 

CHOICES:

a. Pantry

b. Ten or twenty

c. Sidled

d. Breathe

e. Ore car

f. Ember

g. Arena

h. Sleigh

i. Eater

j. Dyes

 

Answers:

 

1. d - Breathe

2. g - Arena

3. c - Sidled

4. j - Dyes

5. i - Eater

6. f - Ember

7. a - Pantry

8. h - Sleigh (Santa's sleigh)

9. e - Ore car

10. b - Ten or twenty (tenor)

 

Credits:

1: Ricky J. Sirois

2: Brendan Emmett Quigley  

3-4: John Kugelman 

5-6: Joe Rodini 

7: Kelly Morenus

8: David P. Williams

9: August Miller

10: John Kugelman 

FLEXERS CXLII

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

1. Frost bit

2. Hide outside 

3. Noted precursor 

4. Bobs and weaves 

5. This isn't working

6. Nice way to leave

7. Say "I do" without ado

8. It's often glossed over

9. Flight component

10. E's in BREED

 

CHOICES:

a. Au revoir

b. Stair

c. Duly

d. Verse

e. Lip

f. Leisure

g. Two of a kind

h. Animal pelt

i. Elope

j. Hairdos

 

Answers:

 

1. d - Verse (Robert Frost)

2. h - Animal pelt (hide = animal skin)  

3. c - Duly (duly noted)

4. j -Hairdos

5. f - Leisure

6. a - Au revoir (Nice = city in France)

7. i - Elope

8. e - Lip

9. b - Stair

10. g - Two of a kind

 

Credits:

1: Alan DerKazarian 

2: Enrique Henestroza Anguiano

3: Ben Zimmer

4: Daniel Hrynick

5: Rafael Musa and Sala Wanetick

6: Kevin Shustack

7: Ryan Gallagher

8: Zhouqin Burnikel

9: Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry

10: Jeffrey Martinovic 

  

 

FLEXERS CXLI

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

1. Joint tenant 

2. Dodger catcher 

3. He's out there

4. Free spirits 

5. Quite a lot 

6. African flower 

7. Mile equivalent 

8. Swedish domain

9. Moorish structure 

10. The F's in OFFENSE

CHOICES:

a. Pier

b. Miss

c. Audit

d. Inmate 

e. Gay bar

f. Nile

g. Partners in crime

h. IKEA

i. Exorcise

j. Estate

 

Answers:

 

1. d - Inmate

2. c - Audit

3. e - Gay bar

4. i - Exorcise

5. j - Estate

6. f - Nile

7. b - Miss

8. h - IKEA

9. a - Pier

10. g - Partners in crime  

 

Credits:

1-2: Mike Shenk

3: Joyce Keller

4: Josh Knapp

5: James McCarron and Rachel Souza

8: Chris Crossman

9: David Alfred Bywaters

10: Jeffrey Martinovic  

FLEXERS CXL

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

1. Diet that is saving me

2. A D B C E F G 

3. Stay right here 

4. Sore back

5. Keel over

6. Long division 

7. Prepare to drive

8. Pitcher and catcher

9. Deep breathing activity

10. Kind of natural makeup

 

CHOICES:

a. Leek

b. Inn

c. Scuba diving

d. Veganism

e. Genetic

f. Dearly

g. Tee up

h. Border

i. Eros

j. Ballpark figures

 

Answers:

 

1. d - Veganism (anagram of "saving me")

2. f - Dearly (D early)

3. b- Inn

4. i - Eros (reversal)

5. a - Leek (reversal)

6. h - Border

7. g - Tee up (golf)

8. j - Ballpark figures

9. c - Scuba diving

10. e - Genetic  

 

Credits:

1-4: Joel Fagliano

5: David P. Williams

6: David Alfred Bywaters

7: Brendan Emmett Quigley

8: Noelle Griskey 

10: Adrianne Baik 

FLEXERS CXXXIX

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

1. Right-leaning

2. Coin collector 

3. Agar vs. broth

4. That was my fault 

5. San Andreas Fault

6. Have a marginal thought 

7. One working on their feet 

8. It may bring out the kid in you

9. Sandwich made from heirlooms 

10. Where to find a bunch of Munch 

 

Choices: 

a. BLT

b. Oslo

c. Sofa

d. Italic

e. Long division

f. Notate

g. Poet 

h. It's hard to say

i. Caesarean section

j. Culture clash 

 

Answers:
 

1. d - Italic

2. c - Sofa

3. j - Culture clash

4. h - It's hard to say

5. e - Long division

6. f - Notate

7. g - Poet (poetic feet)

8. i - Caesarean section

9. a - BLT (heirloom tomatoes)

10. b - Oslo (artist Edvard Munch)  

 

Credits:

1: Randolph Ross

2: Natan Last  

3: Zachary David Levy

4: Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan

5: Adam Simpson and Katie Hale

6: Brendan Emmett Quigley

7: David P. Williams  

8: Joyce Keller

9: Erik Agard

10: Jonathan Baude  

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 

  

 

 

FLEXERS CXXXVII

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

1. merCy 

2. Country song 

3. Retiring group 

4. One end of a lap 

5. Went from 0 to 60

6. One drawn to scale

7. Window for a shopper 

8. Level the playing field 

9. In need of an evening out 

10.  Go back so you can start again

 

Choices:

a. Price range

b. Knees

c. Tag up

d. Sea of humanity

e. Aged

f. Mow

g. Pit crew

h. Creased

i. Mountaineer

j. Anthem 

 

Answers:

 

1. d - Sea of humanity (mercy = humanity)

2. j - Anthem

3. g - Pit crew (re-tiring)

4. b - Knees (lap when sitting down)

5. e - Aged  

6. i - Mountaineer (scale = climb)

7. a - Price range

8. f - Mow

9. h - Creased (evening = making even)

10. c -Tag up (baseball)  

 

Credits:

1. Rebecca Goldstein

2: Kevin Bhavsar

3: Mike Shenk  

4: Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa

5: Danny J. Rooney

6: Jonathan Raskin and Jeff Chen 

7: Paolo Pasco

8: Aidan Deshong

9: Larry Snyder

  

FLEXERS CXXXVI

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

1. Fine point

2. Dyeing art 

3. Speed reader

4. Group that's on the ball 

5. State bordering Arizona 

6. One who works at home

7. Picket line 

8. Arresting image 

9. Marine layer 

10 Large print source 

 

CHOICES:

a. Camo

b. Radar

c. Sonora

d. Batik
e. Bear paw

f. Speed trap

g. Umpire

h. Fence

i. Mug shot

j. Offense

 

Answers:

 

1. f - Speed trap

2. d - Batik  

3. b - Radar

4. j - Offense

5. c - Sonora (Mexico)

6. g - Umpire

7. h - Fence

8. i - Mug shot

9. a - Camo (camouflauge - layer of clothing)

10. e - Bear claw  

 

Credits:

1: Michael Schlossberg

2-4: Joe Rodini

5: Alexander Liebeskind

7: John Kugelman 

8: Matt Revis 

9-10: Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson

  

  

FLEXERS CXXXV

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

1. C

2. Bizarre and weird

3. Current location

4. Moral authority

5. Decreased

6. Unload

7. Flatbread

8. Cap and crown wearer

9. Indian bread company's  goal

10. They're found near temples  

 

CHOICES:

a. Sell

b. Naan profit

c. Ironed

d. Ears

e. Aesop

f. Rent

g. River or ocean

h. Can opener

i. Tooth

j. Odd couple 

 

Answers:

 

1. h - Can opener (the letter C)

2. j - Odd couple

3. g - River or ocean

4. e - Aesop

5. c - Ironed

6. a - Sell

7. f - Rent (flat = apartment)

8. i - Tooth

9. b - Naan profit

10. d - Ears

 

Credits:

1: Gary Larson

2: Lynn Lempel

3: Adam Simpson

4: Harvey Estes

5: Brenda Cox

6: Gary Larson

7-8: Mike Shenk

9: Richard Silvestri  

10: Matthew Stock 

FLEXERS CXXXIV

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

1. Field goal  

2. Bagel center

3. Light shower

4. Infamous bad guesses 

5. Grumpy and irritable

6. Litter pick-up area 

7. Cupboard component

8. Self check-out device

9. Good reason to abandon ship 

10. Game with an annual World Series

 

CHOICES:

a. G

b. Nape

c. Hand mirror

d. Aperture

e. Shore leave

f. Poker

g. Double cross

h. Crop

i. Silent P 

j. Bird and plane

 

Answers:

 

1. h - Crop (farm field)

2. a - G (the letter)

3. d - Aperture (camera)

4. j - Bird and plane (Superman)

5. g - Double cross

6. b - Nape (where a dog picks up her pups)

7. i - Silent P

8. c - Hand mirror

9. e - Shore leave

10. f - Poker  

 

Credits:

4: Gene Louise De Vera

5: Lynn Lempel

6-7: Adrian Johnson

8-9: Rafael Musa and Rebecca Goldstein

10. Wyna Liu  

FLEXERS CXXXIII 

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

1. Artless nickname

2. Wet noodle

3. Lets hit it

4. Minor assistance

5. Flute feature

6. Put in order

7. Building with squatters

8. Like a fish part

9. Super duper

10. Chain fence

11. They're not what they used to be 

CHOICES:

a. Finish

b. Net

c. Liar

d. Nanny

e. Silent E

f. Butterflies

g. Stu

h. Gym

i. Rank and file

j. Missing link

k. Pool float

 

Answers:

 

1. g - Stu (Stuart) 

2. k - Pool float

3. b - Net (tennis)

4. d - Nanny

5. e - Silent E

6. i - Rank and file

7. h - Gym (weight lifters) 

8. a - Finish (fin ish)

9. c - Liar (dupe - to lie)

10. j - Missing link (chainlink fence) 

11. f - Butterflies 

 

Credits:

1: Christopher Youngs

4: Ben Zimmer

7: Will Nediger

8: Gary Larson and Amy Ensz

9: Mike Shenk 

 

 

FLEXERS CXXXII

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

1. Caesarian delivery

2. Like milled grain

3. The Lords' work

4. Walks on water  

5. Volunteer work

6. Put a pin in it

7. Faced left

8. Strengthen one's commitment

9. Space between toes and fingers 

CHOICES:

a. Flourish

b. Decaf

c. ATM

d. Et tu

e. Piers

f. Down down

g. Digital divide

h. Good for nothing

i. Act of Parliament 

Answers:

 

1. d - Et tu

2. a - Flourish (flour - ish)

3. i - Act of Parliament 

4. e - Piers

5. h  Good for nothing

6. c - ATM (PIN number)

7. b - Decaf (reversal)

8. f - Down down (double down)

9. g - Digital divide 

Credits:

1. Tracy Gray

2. Gary Larson and Amy Ensz

3. Erin Birnholz

4. Joe Deeney

5. Emet Ozar

6. C. J. Tan 

7. Anna Stiga

8. Kiran Pandey

9. Karen Steinberg 

 

 

FLEXERS CXXXI

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

1. Split level

2. Rapid transit

3. Devotional period

4. One with a stable upbringing

5. Pitchers that can't throw

6. Hit close to home

7. Napoleon's place

8. Chain letters

9. In after a time out

10. Home to many king and queens 

 

CHOICES:

a.  Bakery

b. Raft

c. Retro

d. DNA

e. Banana

f. Amen

g. Ewers

h. Holiday Inn

i. Foal

j. Crowd the plate 

Answers:

 

1. e - Banana

2. b - Raft

3. f - Amen

4. i - Foal

5. g - Ewers

6. j - Crowd the plate (baseball)

7. a - Bakery (pastry)

8. d - DNA (double helix)

9. c - Retro

10. h- Holiday Inn (beds) 

Credits:

1: Lisa Senzel and Will Nediger

2: Wyna Liu

3-4: Ed Sessa

5: Mark McClain

6. Rebecca Goldstein

7:Doug Peterson

8. Roger Miller

9. Evan Birnholz

10. Peter Gorman

FLEXERS CXXX

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

1. He may be grim

2. Stand for something

3. Head lock

4. Assent of man

5. Jumping joints 

6. Twist and shout

7. This isn't working

8. Person facing charges

9. It's beside the point

10. Story that might be dark and creepy

CHOICES:

a. Knees

b. Tress

c. Matador

d. Ones (or tenths)

e. Easel

f. Attic

g. Reaper

h. Leisure

i. Yes

j. Thousand

Answers:

1. g - Reaper

2. e - Easel

3. b - Tress

4. i - Yes (not ascent)

5. a - Knees

6. j - Thousand (anagram of and shout)

7. h - Leisure

8. c - Matador

9. d - Ones (or tenths)

10. f - Attic

Credits:

3: Paul Coulter

4: Jim Leeds

5: Zhouqin Burnikel

6: Brendan Emmet Quigley

7-8: Lynn Lempel

9: Dana Edwards

10: Matthew Luter

FLEXERS CXXIX

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

1. Seal in a box

2. Crib sheet user

3. Dead giveaway

4. Kind of friendly

5. Travel over seas

6. Runner down under 

7. Future king, perhaps

8. No-fly-zone enforcer

9. They whistle while they work

10. Most famous person on the Planet

 

CHOICES:

a. Screen

b. User

c. Estate sale

d. Clark Kent

e. Animal cracker

f. River Styx

g. Checker

h. Refs

i. Parasail

j. Baby

 

Answers:

 

1. e - Animal cracker

2. j - Baby

3. c - Estate sale

4. b - User

5. i - Parasail

6. f - River Styx

7. g - Checker 

8. a - Screen

9. h - Refs

10. d - Clark Kent (The Daily Planet - fictional newspaper in Metropolis employing Lois Lane and Clark Kent (Superman) 

 

Credits:

1: David Karp

2: Patrick Berry

3: James Connolly

4: Bruce Venzke

5: Tom McCoy

6: John Lieb

7: Brendan Emmett Quigley 

8. Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

9: Barbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein

10: Merl Reagle 

 

 

FLEXERS CXXVIII

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

1. Hive

2. Ideal

3. Donkey

4. Operate

5. Coverage 

6. Tuesday dish

7. Union member

8. Teens comment 

9. Cry over spilled milk

10. Common  place for a date

 

CHOICES:

a. State

b. Man

c. Beholder 

d. Cornerstone

e. Ink

f. Bad kitty

g. Casino worker

h. Tacos

i. Party animal

j. BRRR

Answers:

 

1. c - Beholder (bee)

2. g - Casino worker

3. i - Party animal

4. b - Man

5. e- Ink

6. h - Tacos

7. a - State 

8. j - BRRR (teens - cold temperatures)

9. f - Bad kitty

10. d - Cornerstone

 

Credits:

2: Michael J. Doran

3. Brian E. Paquin

5. Mark MCClain 

9: Katie Hoody

 

 

FLEXERS CXXVII

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

1. Locksmith

2. Guy going back for a plan

3. Cabinet maker

4. Serious profession

5. Like geese, e.g.

6. They can be red or read

7. Cat on the loose

8. Fear of smoked salmon

9. Dying art form

10. They help people out

 

CHOICES:

a. Vow

b. Missing links

c. Ari

d. Palindromic

e. Obstetricians

f. Batik or Elegy

g. Lips

h. President

i. Hair stylist

j. Dreadlocks

Answers:

1. i - Hair stylist

2. c - Ari

3. h - President

4. a - Vow

5. d - Palindromic

6. g - Lips

7. b - Missing links. (missing lynx)

8. j - Dreadlocks  (dread lox)

9. f - Batik or Elegy

10. e - Obstetricians

Credits:

3: Katherine Baicker and Jeff Chen

4: Anna Stiga

5: Andy Kravis

6: Brooke Husic and Erik Agard 

7-8: Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

9: Madeline Kaplan

10: Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen

 

FLEXERS CXXVI

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

1. Small cube

2. Ear covering

3. Manicure target

4. Pop in during the day

5. Put two and two together

6. Branches of the government

7. Melt down or hand down

8. Aid in finding products

9. Letttuce and tomato

10. Take a turn being Gene or Thornton

CHOICES:

a. Husk

b. Double date

c. Times table

d. Bewilder

e. Eight

f. Stay at home Dad

g. Part of a club

h. Render

i. Lawn

j. National Forests

Answers:

1. e - Eight

2. a - Husk

3. i - Lawn

4. f - Stay at home Dad

5. b - Double date

6. j - National Forest

7. h - Render

8. c - Times table

9. g - Part of a club

10. d - Bewilder (Be Wilder)

Credits:

1: Jason Reich and Katie Hale

2: Lester Ruff

3: Frank Longo

4-5: Adrian Johnson and Rafael Musa

6: Evan Mulvhill

7: Anna Stiga

8. Trent H. Evans

FLEXERS CXXV

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. The choices are in random order. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Job requirement

2. Day break

3. Dope

4. Agape

5. Soldier insect

6. Union contract

7. Gated community

8. Came to the point

9. Good standing in the Navy 

CHOICES:

a. Giant

b. Exercise

c. Siesta

d. Prenup

e. Sea legs

f. Patience

g. Tapered

h. Heaven

i. Silverback gorilla

Answers:

 

1. f - Patience (Old Testament Job)

2. c - Siesta

3. b - Exercise (Do P.E.)

4. i - Silverback gorilla (Ag = silver)

5. a - Giant (G.I. ant)

6. d - Prenup (marriage)

7. h - Heaven

8. g - Tapered

9. e - Sea legs 

 

Credits:

1: Peter A. Collins

2: Zachary David Levy

5: Bill Graham

6-7: Jacob Reed

8: Randolph Ross

9: Jake Bunch