Every Friday at 1300 hours, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. Don’t be shy. All are welcome to participate.
Below is a list of ‘33 things wot you might find in Iran/Persia’ (‘things’ is used in its broadest possible sense). Entries have been stripped of vowels and numbers and have had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For example, if Mohammad Mosaddegh was present he might appear as MHM MDMSDDGH. Ziggurat would be ZGGRT.
*Hyphens are treated as spaces. Apostrophes are ignored.
1. ZMBRK
2. TBTBRD G
3. HMBR D
4. YTLLH
5. KKSB Z
6. CS PNTGR
7. HL LMNHNTR
8. CN FRMTBLT
9. WHTRVL TN
10. GNG HSKHN
11. SNNMN RTY
12. TMCT
13. CHDR
14. ZRKHNH
15. TNYMN DZ
16. T HLRG STMT RSY STMNT HM DD LST
17. KHRRM SHHRMSSL
18. CN MR XFR
19. STKHR
20. WNDCTCHR
21. THSH HNMH
22. NZN NZGH RRTCLFF
23. G TFL LNT NS
24. MRKH YM
25. TBCCBY CTT
26. SNTH RN
27. GRTW L LFGR GN
28. MNGR VFRST
29. MDGTS BMRN
30. KMNCHH
31. THMS TLV SHP RT YVR
32. FRTM PL
33. THB GTH R
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s hive foxer theme: gloves (defoxed by Phlebas)
cestus (ylla)
digitalis (Colonel_K)
episcopal (Colonel_K)
fingerless (Phlebas)
gauntlet (Phlebas)
grenoble (Phlebas)
haptic (AFKAMC)
jeanne d’albret (ylla)
kid (Colonel_K)
marigold (Phlebas)
mitten (Phlebas, ylla)
oven (Phlebas)
potehi (ylla)
power (Phlebas, ylla)
sap (ylla)
sedgley oss (ylla)
surgical (Colonel_K)
trank (ylla)
10. GENGHIS KHAN
16. THE LARGEST METRO SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
Something system, anyway.
24. OMAR KHAYAM, who I possibly can’t spell.
22 – NAZANIN ZAGHARI-RATCLIFFE
20 – WINDCATCHER
25 – TOBACCO BOYCOTT
12. TOMCAT
6. CASPIAN TIGER
7. HILLMAN HUNTER
9. WHITE REVOLUTION
13. CHADOR
8. CONFORMITY BELT?
17. 17. KHORRAMSHAHR MISSILE
17. KHORRAMSHAR MISSILE
19. Maybe not Iranian specifically, but ISTIKHARA ?
5. KUKU SABZI
sounds delicious!
https://persianmama.com/persian-herb-frittata-kuku-sabzi/
4. AYATOLLAH
15. TONY MENDEZ
14. ZURKHANEH
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahlevani_and_zoorkhaneh_rituals#The_zurkh%C4%81neh
28. MANGROVE FOREST
29. MIDGET SUBMARINE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghadir-class_submarine
31. THE MOST LAVISH PARTY EVER
https://www.alimentarium.org/en/magazine/history/most-expensive-party-ever
11. SUNNI MINORITY
27. GREAT WALL OF GORGAN
32. FIRE TEMPLE
33. THE BIG OTHER
Please explain.
All I’m finding is some Lacanian mumbo-jumbo.
2. TABI’AT BRIDGE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabiat_Bridge
Oh my stupid Brain. The first Friday I haven’t been house hunting for 3 weeks and I forgot again!
Right, next week!
Plenty still to do 🙂
To make life easier for Nutfield, I think this what’s left:
1. ZMBRK
3. HMBR D
18. CN MR XFR
21. THSH HNMH
23. G TFL LNT NS
26. SNTH RN
30. KMNCHH
23. GATE OF ALL NATIONS
21. THE SHAHNAMEH
26. SUN THRONE
3. HUMA BIRD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huma_bird
1. ZAMBURAK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamburak
18. CINEMA REX FIRE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Rex_fire
30. KAMANCHEH – bowed string instrument
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamancheh
I did look up komanechhe first as that sounded like something, but the Famous Web Search Engine correctly identified that I was thinking of Nadia Comăneci.