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From the Guardian before Christmas:

Arch, perhaps, to correct — getting better (2,3,4)
The answer is 'On the mend', but don't get the 'arch' bit.

James Mitchell, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 09:59 (twelve years ago) link

'emend' is 'correct' which leaves you with the month of m arch.

Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:01 (twelve years ago) link

wonder if the oed is any help on wahoo...

1. wahoo, n.1 view full entry 1770
...The N. American shrub Euonymus atropurpureus....

2. wahoo, n.2 1909
...A large marine fish, Acanthocybium solandri, belonging to the family Scombridæ and found in tropical seas....

3. wahoo, v. 1936
...intr. To shout ‘Wahoo!’....

thanks for that.

Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:02 (twelve years ago) link

Thnx Ledge.

James Mitchell, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:42 (twelve years ago) link

that march/month thing is some bullshit imo

carpy deems (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 11:08 (twelve years ago) link

if the clue hadn't been easy enough to get through other means i would agree.

Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 11:09 (twelve years ago) link

sophistry mere sophistry

carpy deems (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 11:14 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

Bollocks or bullshit about everything (5)

ledge, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:43 (twelve years ago) link

balls

beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link

fuck you

ledge, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link

Looking for more? Might be a little time. (7)

beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:46 (twelve years ago) link

:)

beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link

seconds

koogs, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link

congrats

beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:49 (twelve years ago) link

Buckethead covers "Rain on the Scarecrow" : must-have (5)

Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link

needs? Only goin on the final definition tho

beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link

Nope

Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link

Blood?

Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link

That's a wee bit closer

Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:46 (twelve years ago) link

Errr water? Only because bucket - rain - essential 4 lyfe

Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:01 (twelve years ago) link

Colder

Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:04 (twelve years ago) link

ha

Brain

beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:06 (twelve years ago) link

Yes :)

Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link

leap of faith required!

beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link

Boost this joint to praise success (4,5,2,4,5)

knocked over like the last act in Mackbeth (onimo), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:23 (twelve years ago) link

More power to your/one's elbow.

woof, Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:00 (twelve years ago) link

correct :)

knocked over like the last act in Mackbeth (onimo), Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:11 (twelve years ago) link

somehow i knew it was elbow related...

koogs, Sunday, 19 February 2012 13:26 (twelve years ago) link

today's guardian is a tour de force, starts off v entertaining, ends v irritating when you have to cheat for all the words that you've never heard before.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25565

watercooler challenge (ledge), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link

and don't look at this link if you don't want spoilers or clues, but holy hell he's led a busy life.

watercooler challenge (ledge), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link

This is driving me crazy:

How one behaves in the evening (7)

A_E_G_S

I'm 99% sure the G is correct, which leaves only one solution I can see, and I still don't understand it.

Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link

sure about everything else?

steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link

'evening' is a pun, answer is 'avenges' imo

steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link

Ohhhhh, evening as in getting even? ffs......

Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link

don't shoot the messenger

steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link

^ trying to work that into a clue

steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link

d, your screen name is proof you're WAY better at punning than I am!

Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link

heh, still?

Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link

three weeks pass...

this is ridiculous, but anyway:

Pregnant with a girl after being smashed by a randy young stag - Spooner isn't bothered (5,3,1,5,4)

ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 11:36 (twelve years ago) link

--t--,---,-,--c--,---

ledge, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link

--t--,---,-,--c--,---- i mean

ledge, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link

?

Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 March 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link

really struggling with this one

red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 25 March 2012 01:02 (twelve years ago) link

decided against really struggling with this one tbh (sorry ledge)

less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 01:07 (twelve years ago) link

No no that's totally fair, I don't expect anyone else to share my enthusiasm for forced wretched spoonerisms.

--t-r --f a ---k- -a-k

See I'm more or less spelling it out, wheres the fun in that?

ledge, Sunday, 25 March 2012 13:11 (twelve years ago) link

Working too hard can give you a heart attack-ack-ack-ack?

Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 March 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link

water off a duck's back but no idea why

less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link

Daughter/ water spoonerism. Don't get the rest though.

good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link

daughter off a buck's whack. buck=stag, whack=smash (as in ws).

i think we should all just put this sorry episode behind us and move on.

ledge, Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link

srsly

less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link


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