'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
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
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
?
― 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
I was trying to work out some buck/fuck spoonerism but that's as far as I got
― kinder, Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link