Mind Flexers
#1102882
03/06/17 09:26 PM
03/06/17 09:26 PM
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Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 52,940 Upstate NY
Pandora
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Match the items in the first group with the items in the second on the basis of similar or related meanings. The relationships are disguised by use of double meanings and/or altered spacings. Please explain your answers so others can see the connections. And please limit yourselves to two solves for the first couple of days. -1. Beach bum -2. Discover -3. Stub -4. Head over heels -5. Class act -6. Show pain -7. Endanger -8. Wrinkles -9. Amiable -10. Tired kangaroo -11. Noticed -12. Store detective -13. At ease -14. River bottom -15. Handles snow -16. Seance -17. Pillow rating -18. Butterball -19. Doghouse -20. Reduced fare -21. Lose the game -22. On a roll -23. Sinking ships -24. Information -a. counterspy -b. yellow -c. underscore -d. flirt -e. goat's dance -f. standing order -g. record's end -h. submission -i. out of bounds -j. curbed -k. tangent -l. pressing problems -m. sesame seed -n. sit for a spell -o. make peace -p. checkmate -q. warm -r. graduation -s. self-doubt -t. diet -u. Venus de Milo -v. flower bed -w. aligned -x. downgrade
Netflix needs to stop asking if I'm still watching and start asking if I've switched the laundry over yet
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Re: Mind Flexers
[Re: Pandora]
#1102886
03/06/17 10:01 PM
03/06/17 10:01 PM
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Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 10,699 Minnesota, USA
Sherlock
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2/g disc/over = record's end 11/q not/iced = warm Love the puzzle, Sue!
The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.
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Re: Mind Flexers
[Re: Pandora]
#1102899
03/07/17 12:57 AM
03/07/17 12:57 AM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 9,029 the dusty desert
niteowl07
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the dusty desert
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8 - l wrinkles = pressing (ironing ) problems
17 - x pillow rating = down grade
nice puzzle !
Last edited by niteowl07; 03/07/17 12:58 AM.
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Re: Mind Flexers
[Re: Pandora]
#1102904
03/07/17 02:28 AM
03/07/17 02:28 AM
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Posts: 11,843 Isle of Man
Lex
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12a store detective will spy around the counter 20t reduced fare = less food, therefore on a diet
Last edited by Lex; 03/07/17 02:34 AM.
Life is what happens while you're making other plans.
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Re: Mind Flexers
[Re: Pandora]
#1103018
03/07/17 09:50 PM
03/07/17 09:50 PM
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Posts: 8,986 Sydney, Australia
Koala
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22m. Sesame seed - On a roll 24w. In/formation - Aligned
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
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Re: Mind Flexers
[Re: Redz]
#1103029
03/08/17 12:49 AM
03/08/17 12:49 AM
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Posts: 10,699 Minnesota, USA
Sherlock
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4/f head over heels = standing order 5/r class act = graduation 9/s amiable = self doubt
The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.
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Re: Mind Flexers
[Re: Pandora]
#1103069
03/08/17 10:12 AM
03/08/17 10:12 AM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 9,029 the dusty desert
niteowl07
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4 -w - head over heels ,aligned (posture)
24 -f - in formation ,standing order (military)
really fun puzzle !
Last edited by niteowl07; 03/08/17 10:13 AM.
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