The Times Crossword Clue of the Day

[glheard]

As alleged winner of Clues in Blue #4, I get to pick the next challenge. Well, since it's a word that is giving me hell elsewhere, let's try.

RECTANGLE

Scatology, irreverence and blasphemy welcome. Brief explanation of wordplay appreciated.
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That's the way the ginger snaps.

[anax]

Denied head, having a boner take shape (9)

(e)RECT + ANGLE (take = interpretation, line of approach)
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Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

[boxwood]

With no alternative, rector comes in front of old German figure (9)

[penfold_61]

Arsehole, without hesitation, sits on hell's angel's box.

RECT(um) + angel* (down clue)

[penfold_61]

Perhaps square couples in middle of screwy acts wank ugly European (9)

Def = perhaps square;

RE+CT+AN+GL+E

[glheard]

I'm becoming increasingly fond of the regular clue in the listener that is a composite anagram... so here goes.

Confused gent after chuckle? Get the fuck out, square. (9)

(GENTAFTERCHUCKLE - THEFUCK)*
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That's the way the ginger snaps.

[AngryVocab]

Not good in the arse - or thereabouts - English box

NG in RECTAL "the arse - or thereabouts" + E

[penfold_61]

After withdrawing chopper, dancer turns to taste the French box (9)

DANCER - DAN (martial arts expert = chopper) > CER rev > REC + TANG + LE

[boxwood]

American leaves recluse with smell inside body (9)

(TANG= smell ) inside (RECL (us) E)

[penfold_61]

Regular figure soundly fucked short girl with bad leg (9)

Rect (sounds like wrecked) + AN(n) + LEG*

When is this being judged George?

[glheard]

I didn't realise judging was up to me until a few days ago, and it's been action stations here, but here comes the judge...

I probably chose something uninteresting, I was thinking about tesseracts (which would have been a better word maybe), and trying to draw interlocking rectangles on the computer.

There were some fun clues, not a lot I think I would have solved without checking letters. Three I thought rose above to be solvable and grin-inducing.

3rd... boxwood's tricky construction

American leaves recluse with smell inside body (9)

I'd expect to see something like that in a Mephisto, and the definition is nicely hidden

2nd... penfold's two letters at a time approach

Perhaps square couples in middle of screwy acts wank ugly European (9)

Surface reading is a little odd, I guess looking for a word to come after wank that has "gl" in the middle is tricky - pegleg is the only other one that comes to mind.

And our winner (or my winner, adopt it as your winner as you see fit), AngryVocab's scatalogically-obsessed

Not good in the arse - or thereabouts - English box (9)

Roll on next Clues in Blue, the only clueing competition I'm likely to enter.

Oh, and read George vs the Listener Crossword if you want a few good laughs at my expense.

And come see the Feral Chihuahuas season opener on June 15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_ytCaHTiI
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That's the way the ginger snaps.