Verbal Alchemy (KPC2011) Mystery Cache

This one may seem familiar to many of you. It seemed like it was time for another word puzzle.

1. _____ mixed with a penny will represent many cultures.
2. _____ mixed with 500 will become a large number.
3. _____ mixed with talk will be wickedly.
4. _____ mixed with a booger will become food.
5. _____ mixed with anger will be positioning again.
6. _____ mixed with a paid expert will become a pycnium.
7. _____ mixed with you and me will become racers.
8. _____ mixed with worthless stuff will be within the office.
9. _____ mixed with a hair curve will become a lesson plan.
10. _____ mixed with a wizard will become a wooden weapon.

Special Notes about the 2011 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with certitude. Because certitude may not properly account for joint solutions, please email me team member names in the case of team solutions to ensure proper point accounting. All "point" scoring is arbitrary anyway, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be able to brag more at the December banquet). The real challenge is just to see whether you can solve all of these caches by the end of the year. To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: Although the cache is located in an area that appears to be open 24 hours a day, I would recommend that you do not enter the area at night (except maybe if you're in a large armed group).

2011 Puzzle Challenge Finders
2011 Puzzle Challenge Solvers

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