The official bored-at-work cryptic crossword pass it on thread.

Aho! I had considered "kin" and failed to make a fruit out of it; am now groaning at both myself and the clue (in a good way, I think).

Two or three, since Spacecadet's 1st is oblast.

It is indeed. I was sort of going to disown those, but since you mention it, here's a letter for the other:

Loving? It's a business proposal (6)
-e----

I think that may be an inappropriate use of ?, but there we go.

Sorry about the bad clue. Really I was just trying to get ledge to post
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2545/4056709528_ee4418aa01.jpg

haha, you know I actually looked up the list of oblasts on Wikipedia without actually twigging that oblast itself was the answer :-(

How does it work exactly?

Oblast = Russian province. To hit = blast, next to "o" which is nothing .

Yep, what ailsa said. Kind of clumsy, sorry, but I got preoccupied with hit->blast for your "global" clue, then the only 6-letter word I could make out of it was that, and it wouldn't leave my head. Is "next to" bad form for "after" or is it OK on either side?

Oh, I thought this was the answer to "Red State, almost (6)"

Ha, no, still scratching my head over that one myself.

Quite pleased with it, but I'll give you a while before I put a letter in.

Florid?

Correct

nice.

I think, strictly, I expect 'x next to y' to be in solution order (so that clue indicates 'blasto'), but I'm not 100% sure.

(xp yes, that 'florid' is neat)

Una, confused, gets vegetable, becomes zombie (9)

nope

Elgin would be crazy to lose his... (7)
... Elgin's crazy all by himself (6)

marbles single

not much of a challenge. CONGRATULATIONS anyway.

Congratulations Hal, enjoy yourself (6,5)

Dunno.

One thousand and fifty in love with a kind of life (9)

Ready for time in emergency room (5)

Second one's eager.

Yes. Want letters for the other one?

Plz. It's bugging me.

For my last one:

- - - - m - - - -

---m-----

---m--o--

If only I still had my Baron Saturday screenname, then I know I could get the zombie one.
Keep thinking it must be "unanimate" but it doesn't seem to work.

Congratulations Hal, enjoy yourself (6,5)

woofwoof's is automaton.

This one needs put out of its misery:
Loving? It's a business proposal (6) -e----
...may be set up wrong, so here's a more literal (less interesting) re-cluing:
Delicate business offer (6)

Yes to automaton.

OH! It's tender. Think the first wording was fine. I was just being dense.

Yes indeed (and sorry for robbing you of one of your "woof"s last time)

no hanks

Is darraghmac's one hooray henry?

yep

enjoy yourself?

bon vivants, your common garden hooray henry, i'd've thought?

yyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

as long as ailsa was able to figure it out my conscience is clear

tender.

One thousand and fifty in love with a kind of life (9)
---m--o-s

glamorous?

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n1/n5833.jpg

glamorous?

xp i swear

One thousand and fifty have no love for a cold dwelling (5)

igloo?

(didn't get no love = oo for a second there and wasn't sure)

Thousand and fifty has programming tool to fly without thrust (5)

glide

:)

A thousand shelter an artist (4)

Klee

Thousand and fifty have to scratch bug (6)