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 Ukraine’ (‘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 ‘Orange Revolution’ was present it might appear as RNGR VLTN. Fear would be FR.
*Hyphens are treated as spaces. Apostrophes are ignored.
(Embroidered Ukrainian map by Qypchak)
1. CRG
2. LYD MLPVLCHNK
3. CSSC KHTMNT
4. NT NVNM R Y
5. SN DYM LRT
6. B BYR
7. LNDKC HM
8. PTM KNSTRS
9. THDDL STRS HWC CD NTNH S TRY
10. TRMBT
11. GRVTM
12. GL LCSST RNHLF
13. TRYZB
14. RMDN
15. RSSNN VDRS
16. QGGMS SL
17. KVSS
18. DNT SKPPLSRP BLC
19. MS HTHPN GN
20. RPSB RDB SKT
21. KHRKVCHNK
22. PTYM STYCHNCV
23. RSLN
24. KRN NBRKLM PRY
25. DRSTL HMMR
26. HL DMRM MRLDY
27. L VDPLC
28. BRKTR NDS STR
29. VYSHYVNK
30. STRLK
31. VNNYTSMS SCR
32. PS NDPRSD NTLCNDDT
33. SXT NMTRL NGSWR D
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s cluster foxer:
Icebreakers (defoxed by Colonel_K)
a1. ccgs terry fox (Colonel_K)
b1. lenin (gusdownnup)
a2. rrs sir david attenborough (gusdownnup)
b2. suur tõll (Aergistal)
a3. l’astrolabe (Colonel_K)
Buttons (defoxed by Colonel_K)
c1. buttonhole scissors (Colonel_K)
c2. jensen button bridge (Nutfield)
c3. dorset button (Electric Dragon)
c4. button stick (Aergistal)
d4. peyote button (Colonel_K, Aergistal)
1980 (defoxed by Electric Dragon)
d1. first button moon broadcast (Nutfield, Electric Dragon)
e1. oktoberfest bombing (unacom)
d2. too much pressure released (Nutfield, Mrs Nutfield, Electric Dragon)
e2. josip broz tito dies (unacom)
d3. vigdís finnbogadóttir elected (Aergistal)
Ken Miles (defoxed by Aergistal)
b3. carol shelby (Nutfield, Colonel_K)
a4. gt40 (alison)
b4. r.e.m.e. (Colonel_K)
a5. miles (gusdownnup)
b5. sutton coldfield (Colonel_K)
Battle of Fishguard (defoxed by Colonel_K)
e3. jemima nicholas (Colonel_K)
e4. lord cawdor (Nutfield)
c5. black legion (Nutfield)
d5. royal oak (Electric Dragon)
e5. william tate (gusdownnup)
14. RAMADAN?
15. RUSSIAN INVADERS
(Should be FCKN GRUSSNN VDRS)
9 THE DEADLIEST AIR SHOW ACCIDENT IN HISTORY
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sknyliv_air_show_disaster)
21. Kharkovchanka
33. SIXTEEN METRE LONG SWORD
11. GRAVITEAM (Hope they are ok, like one of our devs 🙁 )
31. VINNYTISA MASSACRE
18. DONETSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
5. SANDY MOLE RAT
3. COSSACK HETMANATE
20. EUROPE’S BREAD BASKET
32 POISONED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?
2. Lyudmila Pavlichenko
22. Optymistychna Cave
24. UKRANIAN BROOK LAMPREY
29. Vyshyvanka
28. BORKI TRAIN DISASTER
17. KVASS
4. Antonov An-225 Mriya (Mrs Nutfield)
16. QUAGGA MUSSEL
23. RUSLANA
13. TRYZUB
6. BABI YAR
10. TREMBITA (Mrs Nutfield)
19. MISHA THE PENGUIN
25. DR STEELHAMMER
27. Livadia Palace
8. POTEMKIN STAIRS
And… I’m done, these left:
1. CRG
7. LNDKC HM
12. GL LCSST RNHLF
26. HL DMRM MRLDY
30. STRLK
1. COURAGE (that’s for sure)
30. STRELOK
26. HOLODOMOR MEMORIAL DAY
12. GALICIA’S EASTERN HALF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_(Eastern_Europe)
“Galicia was a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine”
ETA: 14. RMDN has a question whether it’s RAMADAN?
(Ur-Maidan ?!)
Otherwise, it should be just
7. LNDKC HM
left.
7. LEONID KUCHMA – second President of independent Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005.
14. EUROMAIDAN