1 down: Loud impatient utterance from second grade survival vessel

... Anyone?

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41296-018-0242-3

It would be kind of cool to be a full time academic and get to read practically everything at the taxpayer's expense, and get paid for the privilege.

They sailed out on the good ship MC (fiddly-dee)

Piled high with kegs of rum and TNT (fa-la-lah)

Held to ransom every frigate, (BOOM!)

'til a match and mixed-up spigot

spelled out their fate (Oh S!) in briney, silent pee (piddly-dee)

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I should probably explain why this news tickled me so much when it did, on the off-chance anyone ever reads this blog, but I won't. That would ruin what should probably best remain a private joke. It's a very funny one though.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45770028