Who’s one step closer to the Winner’s Circle? Who’s going home? Actually, everyone still gets to play, and you’ve likely been playing from home all along, but you know what I mean.

Here are your winners! Top four advance into the winner’s division.

24 mbnovak/TheDreadPirate
23 DG/Ashton
22 nibbish/hungryjoe
22 Beau/Heather

19 nettiebaron/sunshine
18 uberminz/Peggy
17 melissaD/John
16 Spookymilk/Randy
16 TDO/Patrick

Novak & TheDreadPirate take the top spot and the award for consistency with their scores of 6,6,6, and 6. Beau/Heather teamed up for the best clued/guessed side with 13 out of 14. No player aced their guesses this time.

Answers
American Mexican Food:  salsa, guacamole, margarita, tortilla, fried ice cream, fajita, burrito
Yellow: banana, school bus, rubber duck, dandelion, coward, cornbread, Post-It note
Billiards/Pool:  cue stick, scratch, side pocket, break, bank shot, felt, Minnesota Fats
Kindergarten: recess, nap time, blocks, alphabet, vaccinations, backpack, half-days

I did not accept: bus, nap or abcs.

My favorite clues
The Knowing Your Partner Best award goes to…
Banana — The stand where there’s always money hidden (TheDreadPirate)

School bus — Magic transportation for kids  (TheDreadPirate)

The Thinking Alike award goes to…
Break — Kit Kat Theme… give me a  ____,   (novak)
Give me a “this” when you want a Kit-Kat bar   (Beau)

Bank shot — bounce a ball off the wall in order to be awesome  (nibbish)
Felt – the material of pool tables and muppets  (nibbish)

Minnesota Fats —

• Pool shark legend, This state plus lipids.  (uberminz)
•  State of the Twins + __ Domino, State of Al Franken + Butter (DG)
•  Famous player. From the Midwest. Kelly lives in this state and the man had girth.  (nettiebaron)

Alphabet — All the letters in one, Sesame street helps you learn it  (uberminz)
Vaccinations — Hippie parents believe getting these will cause autism. (melissaD)
Backpack — Kids hold all their books and fidget spinners in this thing. (melissaD)

I will email the winning teams in the next day or so with instructions on beginning round two. The rest of you will get to play after the winning teams clue their boards, so sit tight!