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.
The honeycomb below is a fancy form of wordsearch in which every cell is used, and words can curl and zigzag but never overlap. Each hive foxer has a theme (some past ones: owls, rugby, Egypt, UFOs…). Identifying the theme is a vital part of the defoxing process. Today’s puzzle is composed of 16 answers.
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s geofoxer theme: angels (defoxed by Aergistal)
a. archangel gabriel – heroes’ square, budapest (gusdownnup)
b. el angel – lima (Aergistal)
c. angel’s bakery – jerusalem (gusdownnup)
d. fall of the rebel angels – brussels (Nutfield)
e. angels flight – los angeles
f. angels’place – sydney (Colonel_K)
g. angel oak – charleston (Nutfield)
h. blue angel – utrecht (Phlebas)
i. archangelsk (Zwack23)
j. angel shopping centre – islington (ylla, Nutfield)
k. angel at my table – nz (Electric Dragon)
l. angel falls (Nutfield)
B1 FISHING
H4 ELBOW
F1 CELL
I1 HOOK
Lots of odds and ends today…
G3 has both BLOWER and BOWERY
B1 FOSSIL
F1 CANOE or CARTON
D4 – LOLITA
H9 – QUEST
B2 – FISHY
The Q also gives QUITE and QUIET
K5 BOOBY
K7 GARBO (but no GRETA that I can see)
K2 – LOVER
M5 – STAVE
A7 FRITZ
D8 DORMER
I7 MESQUITE
I must be peckish as I’ve got E4. STILTON and H12. NUTELLA
Aaaand H6. HONEY
Things you eat on other things ?
Answers that can most likely be discarded as they read across (by & large):
E4. STAR WARS
i3. FROOME, Chris – cyclist
F8 WALTZ
16 clues, so on average 8 letters long – although some really long ones would make space for some of the little ones, of course.
Unusually, none of the 16 answers have been fully or partially IDed yet. Realising this was a potentially tricky one, Roman made one 10-letter answer “pretty obvious”. Clearly, it wasn’t obvious enough!
F1. CALIFORNIA – is ten letters; not something that can be eaten on toast
M7 – BUDAPEST, although it does leave some awkwardness to its right
K7 GRAND BUDAPEST, even. Hotels, to go with CALIFORNIA.
F7 – RUNEQUEST, though it clashes with BUDAPEST
A7. FITTING ? – snuggles up to F1. California
If nothing else, it’s pretty certain something ends -ing up there.
G3 BELLHOP
B7 RITZ? It does leave the -ING free…
Oh, and F8 WALDORF. But I’m going to bed.
E4. STAR RATING
J7. LOBBY ?
Possibly a red herring or part of a longer answer, i4. ROOM
ETA: L2. OVERLOOK from The Shining
G6. SUITE ?
ETA: C3. HILTON
E2. ROSSIYA, Moscow – was the largest hotel in the world from 1967 to 1980
Correction: i4. Room is out.
In comes H6. HONEYMOON SUITE
I was just about to give up, but there is one:
i3. FLOWERY TWATS
The only proper anagram for Fawlty Towers, seen in Series 2 Episode 5 ‘The Anniversary’
Leaves K4. ICE
Puzzled me for a while, but I guess it’s meant as building material not the substance that American TV/films comically seem preoccupied with the obtaining/provision of.
J10. BOUTIQUE
F9. DEL LUNA?
E10. SLIMER from Ghosbusters? He is catch by the team in a hotel.