diff --git a/src/lib/test/event-log.hpp b/src/lib/test/event-log.hpp
index 4bd583c2f..9eb22c2c4 100644
--- a/src/lib/test/event-log.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/test/event-log.hpp
@@ -643,18 +643,21 @@ namespace test{
         }
       
       
-      /** */
+      /** purge log contents while retaining just the original Header-ID */
       EventLog&
       clear()
         {
-          UNIMPLEMENTED ("clear log contents while retaining just the original Header-ID");
+          string originalLogID = this->getID();
+          return this->clear (originalLogID);
         }
       
-      /** */
+      /** purge log contents and also reset Header-ID */
       EventLog&
       clear (string alteredLogID)
         {
-          UNIMPLEMENTED ("clear log contents and reset Header-ID");
+          log_->clear();
+          log({"type=EventLogHeader", "this="+alteredLogID});
+          return *this;
         }
       
       EventLog&
@@ -667,7 +670,7 @@ namespace test{
       EventLog&
       clear (const X *const obj)
         {
-          UNIMPLEMENTED ("clear log contents and reset Header-ID");
+          return clear (idi::instanceTypeID (obj));
         }
       
       
diff --git a/tests/gui/bus-term-test.cpp b/tests/gui/bus-term-test.cpp
index 1f354c77e..2683b2364 100644
--- a/tests/gui/bus-term-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/gui/bus-term-test.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 
 //#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
-//#include <iostream>
+#include <iostream>
 //#include <string>
 //#include <map>
 
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ using lib::diff::GenNode;
 //using boost::lexical_cast;
 //using util::contains;
 //using std::string;
-//using std::cout;
-//using std::endl;
+using std::cout;
+using std::endl;
 
 
 namespace gui  {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace test {
           EntryID<MockElm> elmID{"zeitgeist"};
           
           // Access the log on the Test-Nexus hub
-          EventLog nexusLog = gui::test::Nexus::getLog();
+          EventLog nexusLog = gui::test::Nexus::startNewLog();
           CHECK (nexusLog.ensureNot("zeitgeist"));
           
           MockElm mock(elmID);
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ namespace test {
                          .beforeEvent("warn","discarding note to unknown bID-zeitgeist"));
           CHECK (elmLog.ensureNot("Flash")
                        .afterEvent("destroy","zeitgeist"));
+          
+          
+          cout << "____Probe-Log_________________\n"
+               << util::join(mock.getLog(), "\n")
+               << "\n───╼━━━━━━━━━╾────────────────"<<endl;
+          
+          cout << "____Nexus-Log_________________\n"
+               << util::join(gui::test::Nexus::getLog(), "\n")
+               << "\n───╼━━━━━━━━━╾────────────────"<<endl;
         }
       
       
diff --git a/tests/gui/test/test-nexus.cpp b/tests/gui/test/test-nexus.cpp
index 561a2a2bd..bf60f3e60 100644
--- a/tests/gui/test/test-nexus.cpp
+++ b/tests/gui/test/test-nexus.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ namespace test{
     return testNexus().getLog();
   }
   
+  lib::test::EventLog const&
+  Nexus::startNewLog()
+  {
+    return testNexus().getLog().clear();
+  }
+  
   
   
   /**
diff --git a/tests/gui/test/test-nexus.hpp b/tests/gui/test/test-nexus.hpp
index da84128c6..84545becc 100644
--- a/tests/gui/test/test-nexus.hpp
+++ b/tests/gui/test/test-nexus.hpp
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ namespace test{
       static void zombificate(ctrl::BusTerm&);
       
       static lib::test::EventLog const& getLog();
+      static lib::test::EventLog const& startNewLog();
     };
   
   
diff --git a/tests/library/test/test-event-log-test.cpp b/tests/library/test/test-event-log-test.cpp
index 9b7afd213..5c60f9a0c 100644
--- a/tests/library/test/test-event-log-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/library/test/test-event-log-test.cpp
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ namespace test{
           log.clear("unbearable");
           CHECK (log.ensureNot("eggs"));
           CHECK (log.ensureNot("obnoxious"));
-          CHECK (log.verify("unbearable").type("EventLogHeader").on(&log));
+          CHECK (log.verify("unbearable").type("EventLogHeader").on("unbearable"));
         }
     };