Fall 2015 POTW #5: Oh My Gourd!

Submissions due by midnight on Sunday 10/25.

To celebrate the autumnal spirit, this week's answers are all types of gourds and squashes. Each answer has been clued in a roundabout way, possibly involving a pun or wordplay and, at the least, involving an interpretational stretch. (In the parlance of crossword puzzles, these are "question mark-style" clues.)

Here's an example to help you: If the clue were, "Trigger that's pro-environment?", then the solution would be Green Button (which is a type of squash). (I promise the answers below are more well-known gourds and squashes...)

2.5 points will be awarded for each correct answer.

1. Relative of a particular kind of low-cut shoe?
2. Churning fanatic?
3. Maize doing well in school?
4. Place to get a mani-pedi owned by a particular American gas company?

What is your name (or team name)?
(Please use the same name every week so that I can properly record your scores!)


1. Relative of a particular kind of low-cut shoe?


2. Churning fanatic?


3. Maize doing well in school?


4. Place to get a mani-pedi owned by a particular American gas company?