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 there are, or were, six of’ (‘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 ‘sides on a hexagon’ was present it might appear as SD SNH XG N.
*Hyphens are treated as spaces. Apostrophes are ignored.
1. C NT RSTHTBR DRCHD
2. PL YRSNV L LYBL LTM
3. GSL YN G
4. MR KSFVCK RSLG HTTN K
5. FT H RSNT HN BCLG
6. TRC KSNT HBTL SMG CLM YS TRYT RP
7. LG LDL V RSNC RCK TVR
8. CH M BRSNT HCYL N DRFBR TTST MPD
9. SSGR TSTR NSMS TS
10. PN TSNT HS T RFD VD
11. F TNF TH M
12. L VNGSPRSDN TS
13. RL S DCGM VS
14. PRS RVDDLTCS
15. RDS T RPSNL BRSF LG
16. W H LSNSR CN
17. NGL CNCTHD RLSNWL S
18. NG N SNC N V RBPCM KR
19. HNR YVW VS
20. CNTSFNR THR NRLN D
21. LG SNNR G NP PM DD BR
22. FN DNGM MBR SFTHR PNC NMCCM MNTY
23. DGTSNHN NB LL CTRSL FTHN D
24. CR BNT MSNFR CT SML CL
25. SHK SPRSGNTRS
26. TP LSNSN WD RP
27. GT SFL HR
28. CRM RNSTR KNVLS
29. RG NLMNPLYTK NS
30. G LSNT HN NT NSX TYS XWR LDC PFNL
31. FL VRSFQR K
32. S PCSFS PNBLL
33. PR SNRSW HSC PDF RMMC K LNBRGCR RC TN LFCLTYNNN TNGHTYFR
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s word chain:
1. daesh – Its founder died in the month this wikipedia picture was taken
2. shalimar – A fictional assassin
3. marmoset (Electric Dragon)
4. settle (Electric Dragon)
5. leapster (Electric Dragon)
6. terrassa (Electric Dragon)
7. sandpiper (gusdownnup)
8. perejil – A tiny island that hit the headlines in the year this man died
9. illwill (Aergistal)
10. illegitimacy (Electric Dragon)
11. cycoltron (Aergistal, ylla)
12. ronquieres (gusdownnup)
13. restharrow (Electric Dragon)
14. owler (Electric Dragon)
15. erotica (Electric Dragon)
16. caxixi – This object
17. xiamen – Taken by British forces in the year the artist responsible for these brushstrokes was born
18. mentor – A mythological geezer with a multitude of half-siblings
19. toramana (gusdownnup)
20. nasanov (Phlebas)
21. overthrow (Electric Dragon)
22. rowbotham – (Electric Dragon)
23. hammersmith (Electric Dragon)
24. thermo-balling – An unusual defensive tactic employed by some forms of ***
12 – LIVING PRESIDENTS
33 – PRISONERS WHO ESCAPED FROM MECKLENBURG CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR (link to Wikipedia.org)
31 – FLAVOURS OF QUARK (link to Wikipedia.org)
22 – FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
30 – GOALS IN THE NINETEEN SIXTY SIX WORLD CUP FINAL
2 – PLAYERS IN A VOLLEYBALL TEAM
3 – GEESE A-LAYING
32 – SPECIES OF SPOONBILL
1 – COUNTRIES THAT BREED ORCHID?
COUNTRIES THAT BORDER CHAD
Ha! Thought it was unlikely.
25 – SHAKESPEARE SIGNATURES
29 – ORIGINAL MONOPOLY TOKENS
7 – LEGAL DELIVERIES IN A CRICKET OVER
22 – FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
4 – MARKS OF VICKERS LIGHT TANK
6 – TRACKS ON THE BEATLES MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR EP
8 – CHAMBERS IN THE CYLINDER OF A BERETTA STAMPEDE
10 – POINTS ON THE STAR OF DAVID
Surprised this one’s still here as it’s one of the most famous sets of six in history
19 – HENRY VI WIVES
I’d guess VIII was the Henry you’re after.
Haha – too much six on the mind
20 – COUNTIES OF NORTHERN IRELAND
15. RED STRIPES ON LIBERIA’S FLAG
28. CORMORAN STRIKE NOVELS
26 – TEPALS ON A SNOWDROP
27. GATES OF LAHORE
There were 13, but only six survive.
17 – ANGLICAN CATHEDRALS IN WALES
23. DIGITS ON HANNIBAL LECTER’S LEFT HAND
16 looks like WHEELS ON A ????
5 – FATHERS IN/ON THE ??? ???
16 – WHEELS ON A SARACEN
5 – FEATHERS ON THE NBC LOGO
11. FEET IN A FATHOM
14. PRESERVED DELTICS
https://www.thedps.co.uk/about-us
18. ENGINES ON A CONVAIR B-36 PEACEMAKER
24. CARBON ATOMS IN A FRUCTOSE MOLECULE
By my reckoning, that leaves
9 – SSGR TSTR NSMS TS
13 – RL S DCGM VS
21 – LG SNNR G NP PM DD BR
13 must be RELEASED something something MOVIES
21 LEGS ON AN something something something something
13- RELEASED ICE AGE MOVIES
9. SS GREAT EASTERN’S MASTS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern
One of which, interestingly, still stands at Anfield, carrying Liverpool’s flag!
21. LEGS ON AN ORGAN PIPE MUD DAUBER
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_pipe_mud_dauber