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Recently I've made a bunch of rebuses, and this is the newest lot of 6 (note that I've finally used some colour!).

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IMPORTANT: update

As of now, everything except three is solved. Of course, you can still have the pleasure of solving them,, but that's not the point... and no, it is not redhead :)

Hard rebuses

Parts I, II and III which most of you have probably done.

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  • $\begingroup$ For those solving number 3: there's a red e - ready. This may or may not be relevant! $\endgroup$
    – Samthere
    Feb 2, 2017 at 15:08

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This answer is a compilation of others' answers with added explanations (if there wasn't already one).

#1 by Gareth McCaughan

A: anyone
The line is going up-right, or North-East (NE). It's accompanied by the number 1. NE1.

#2 by TheGreatEscaper

A: high and dry
dry is above low (i.e. high).

#3 by Neil W

A: red handed
red h-and-ed

#4 by Roger

A: middle of the road
the road

#5 by TheGreatEscaper

A: todo list
2 (two) do. List.

#6 by Glorfindel

A: beat around the bush
beat is split in half, surrounding the word bush.

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    $\begingroup$ this should probably be made a community wiki answer, as none of it is your own contribution. $\endgroup$
    – Rubio ♦
    Feb 1, 2017 at 17:43
  • $\begingroup$ @Rubio How do I do that? $\endgroup$
    – Samthere
    Feb 1, 2017 at 18:07
  • $\begingroup$ See here.... i.stack.imgur.com/Ir8km.png $\endgroup$
    – Rubio ♦
    Feb 1, 2017 at 18:15
  • $\begingroup$ mmm Very close, I have posted an update :) $\endgroup$
    – Wen1now
    Feb 2, 2017 at 8:14
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PARTIAL

  1. (Helped with designing 1, so I can't answer it. I had no involvement with the rest, though)

  2. High and dry

  3. Redhead?

  5. To-do list

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Partial answer:

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middle of the road

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I suspect this is wrong because I am not "100% sure" (see Wen1now's comment on Rubio's answer), but #1

can be interpreted as an arrow going northeast labelled "1", hence "NE 1" or "anyone".

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  • $\begingroup$ Yep, that's it :) $\endgroup$
    – Wen1now
    Jan 20, 2017 at 9:02
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A possible solution for the last one:

beat around the bush

I'm not sure it's 100% correct;

if the 'h' in that picture is intentionally misplaced, I'm probably missing something. Or the 'bus' is supposed to be 'heavy' ...

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  • $\begingroup$ Yep, that's correct. I suppose I should have made it be the bush at but that seems a bit obvious. $\endgroup$
    – Wen1now
    Jan 20, 2017 at 9:02
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Would 3 be

Red h-and-ed?

.............

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  • $\begingroup$ Yep, that's all of them then :) $\endgroup$
    – Wen1now
    Feb 3, 2017 at 4:19
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Partial

1.

One coming right up?

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  • $\begingroup$ Good try, but no. You will be 100% sure when you get it. $\endgroup$
    – Wen1now
    Jan 16, 2017 at 8:35
  • $\begingroup$ IMO that's better than the official correct answer. $\endgroup$
    – Peter Taylor
    Feb 2, 2017 at 7:09
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I thought #1 was simply

1up. To one up somebody basically.

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    $\begingroup$ Welcome to Puzzling SE! Remember to place your answers in spoiler tags. $\endgroup$
    – NL628
    Mar 19, 2018 at 2:00
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Ill try the first one:

1.

One direction

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