Excellent! You've really tagged it.

Thanks, Joan. It's nice to be back.

You taught me something there, Niki. I have a different answer for #9 but I see that Bobby Dazzler is generally used across the pond. Maybe someone wants to take a shot at what I've got.

18. Tom foolery

Bernie

13. Sloppy Joe

Wow, Gail! I'm not alone. I bet only people of a certain age know we called them that. Today, the term refers to ground hamburger in tomato sauce on a bun.

I loved my sloppy joes, pleated skirts, bobby socks, and dirty saddle shoes - they had to be dirty. When you got a new pair, the first thing you did was look for a coal bucket so you could dirty them up before wearing them.

Jema

Jema,

9. Jim Dandy

Good answers, and a nice fashion commentary to boot!

8. Christmas carol

16. Emery board

Good solves!

14. black permanent marker

and another for

9. crackerjack

Oh yeah, crackerjack...good one Jema. That's not what I'm thinking of for #14 although the name that you've used is right.

OK. How about

mark out?

No, that's not it. I added a hint on the original post.

watermark

Thanks for the hints.