MINDBENDER ANSWERS:

1 55,589 (x8, -3). 2 They all form new words with the prefix deer- (deerhound, deerskin, deerstalker). 3 Stanley Kubrick. 4 Go; the other games are played on an 8x8 board. 5 One way is i, is, sip, dips, spied, espied, despise, dispense, dispenser.