nerd-snipe
throw a spanner in the works
hack
throw a wrench in
address
change up
scratch one's own itch
MacGyverism
paper over the cracks
unbosoming
deter
buck-and-wing
brainstorm
soften up
snow
corner
virtuous circle
bring up against
push past
paint oneself into a corner
resourcefulness
diversionism
imagination
box oneself into a corner
give way
resource
problematize
interpose
face up
problematically
thought experiment
line of attack
mess up
reinventing the wheel
counselor
counsellor
problematist
he who smelt it dealt it
think
haul up
bowl a googly
stick to one's knitting
a trouble shared is a trouble halved
masterminding
change the subject
put out a fire
you've got to laugh
oversimplify
sort oneself out
ideopraxist
rise to the challenge
see in
rise to the occasion
suggester
throw in at the deep end
drop someone in it
grapple
go at
lateral thinking
tag-team
deke
preoccupied
resolutionist
reconstruct
spoil
MacGyver
come to grips
sugarcoat the pill
wade in
boil the ocean
talk through
design pattern
explainee
voodoo
yak shaving
edit
fish in troubled waters
sweep something under the rug
God works in mysterious ways
gotcha
diakoptics
run interference
toy problem
trauma dump
accounter
unperplex
distractee
excuser
blameshifting
comma queen
Alibi Ike
Eureka step
snarl
blame game
troubleshooter
finesse
excuse

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