idg the shrub reference, wikipedia tells me it's a fish.
― Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 09:36 (fourteen years ago)
Chambers says it's also an ornamental shrub and a kind of buckthorn 'which yields cascara sagrada' (a laxative). I still dgi.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 09:47 (fourteen years ago)
From the Guardian before Christmas:
Arch, perhaps, to correct — getting better (2,3,4)
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 09:59 (fourteen years ago)
'emend' is 'correct' which leaves you with the month of m arch.
― Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:01 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
Thnx Ledge.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:42 (fourteen years ago)
that march/month thing is some bullshit imo
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 11:08 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
sophistry mere sophistry
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 11:14 (fourteen years ago)
Bollocks or bullshit about everything (5)
― ledge, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:43 (fourteen years ago)
balls
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:45 (fourteen years ago)
fuck you
― ledge, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:45 (fourteen years ago)
Looking for more? Might be a little time. (7)
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:46 (fourteen years ago)
:)
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:48 (fourteen years ago)
seconds
― koogs, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:48 (fourteen years ago)
congrats
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:49 (fourteen years ago)
Buckethead covers "Rain on the Scarecrow" : must-have (5)
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:30 (fourteen years ago)
needs? Only goin on the final definition tho
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:40 (fourteen years ago)
Nope
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:41 (fourteen years ago)
Blood?
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:44 (fourteen years ago)
That's a wee bit closer
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:46 (fourteen years ago)
Errr water? Only because bucket - rain - essential 4 lyfe
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:01 (fourteen years ago)
Colder
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:04 (fourteen years ago)
ha
Brain
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:06 (fourteen years ago)
Yes :)
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:08 (fourteen years ago)
leap of faith required!
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:19 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
More power to your/one's elbow.
― woof, Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:00 (fourteen years ago)
correct :)
― knocked over like the last act in Mackbeth (onimo), Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:11 (fourteen years ago)
somehow i knew it was elbow related...
― koogs, Sunday, 19 February 2012 13:26 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
sure about everything else?
― steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:57 (fourteen years ago)
'evening' is a pun, answer is 'avenges' imo
― steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:01 (fourteen years ago)
Ohhhhh, evening as in getting even? ffs......
― Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:05 (fourteen years ago)
don't shoot the messenger
― steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:09 (fourteen years ago)
^ trying to work that into a clue
― steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:10 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
heh, still?
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:23 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
--t--,---,-,--c--,---
― ledge, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:07 (fourteen years ago)
--t--,---,-,--c--,---- i mean
?
― Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 March 2012 00:58 (fourteen years ago)
really struggling with this one
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 25 March 2012 01:02 (fourteen years ago)
decided against really struggling with this one tbh (sorry ledge)
― less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 01:07 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
water off a duck's back but no idea why
― less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 14:44 (fourteen years ago)
Daughter/ water spoonerism. Don't get the rest though.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:44 (fourteen years ago)