Friday Foxer #124

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 ‘cluster foxer’ is regarded by some as the most demanding form. Solving one involves identifying 25 pictures and five hidden themes. The enlargeable mosaic below consists of five interlocked picture clusters (some possible cluster arrangements are shown above) each with its own theme. Themes have nothing in common with each other. Don’t be surprised to find, for example, “Crocodiles”, “Tulip mania”, “Words beginning with “ter””, “1948” and “Fictional policemen” sharing a puzzle. A picture’s connection to a particular theme won’t always be literal. An image of the Brandenburg Gate is just as likely to be part of a “Bach” cluster as a “Berlin” one.

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SOLUTIONS

Last week’s hive-foxer theme: beaches (defoxed by Zwack23)

barv (a_monk)
belgian gate
berm (copperbottom)
boys (Colonel_K)
bum (Zwack23)
comb (a_monk)
echo (Zwack23)
flag (ylla)
from here to eternity
hut (a_monk)
nudist (copperbottom)
plage (a_monk)
ready (Zwack23)
sandboni
somerton man
strandbeest (a_monk)
swash zone (copperbottom, a_monk)
sword (Colonel_K, Viscount)
terminal (copperbottom)

51 Comments

    • There are a few things now with food named after them – Thousand Island dressing, the Arnold Palmer, Garibaldi biscuits – but Harry Styles would have to go in that group, and I don’t think he does…

  28. A1/A2/A3/A4 + one other – I think the connection is the Gold State Coach used at coronations and jubilees of the British monarch
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_State_Coach
    Decorated with symbols representing British victory in 7 Years War
    Leather straps held by tritons
    Features panels painted by Giovanni Battista Cipriani
    Has carvings made by Sir Joseph Wilton

    • Could be A5, as Scopolamine is used to counter motion sickness. According to wikipedia, The Gold Coach is not the most confortable ride.

  30. Found Groups so far:

    Fictional Islands
    B1 CALIFORNIA
    C1 UTOPIA
    D1 ATLANTIS
    B2 AVALON
    B3 LINCOLN

    Gold State Coach
    A1 SEVEN YEARS WAR
    A2 TRITONS
    A3 Sir Joseph WILTON
    A4 Giovanni Battista CIPRIANA
    ?A5 SCOPOLAMINE

  31. One group is 1000

    B4 – 1000 Miglia
    B5 – The cannon is located at the Kila Nizamat, which also has Hazarduari Palace, known as ‘the palace of a thousand doors’
    D4 – Thousand Islands Railway
    D5 – Garibaldi led the Expedition of the Thousand

    The as yet unidentified C5 must also go in this group.

  32. The painter RAOUL DUFY.

    C2 – born in LE HAVRE
    D2 – AT THE RACES
    C3 – DEAUVILLE
    C4 – THE WHEATFIELD
    C5 – created a huge painting for the 1937 EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE

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