This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a dab hand at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not help out.
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 17 answers.
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s geofoxer theme: johnsons (defoxed by Electric Dragon)
a. seymour johnson air force base (Electric Dragon)
b. johnson’s island (Aergistal)
c. s c johnson HQ (Phlebas)
d. johnson street (Electric Dragon)
e. seward johnson’s unconditional surrender (ylla)
f. philip johnson’s pennzoil place (Aergistal)
g. johnson m1941 (Phlebas, Aergistal)
h. johnson canyon (Phlebas)
i. johnnie johnson (Colonel_K)
j. amy johnson (Viscount)
k. johnson street bridge (Electric Dragon)
l. johnson space center (Zwack23)
In the middle of a massive rainstorm, Starlink is up and down, so i’ll try and post when i have internet!
G13 – MRS TIGGYWINKLE
Possibles:
I6 – GLOOP (Kids books)
E8 – MANGLE (Fictional MRSs)
Ok, it’s things to do with washing?
G13 – MRS TIGGYWINKLE
E8 – MANGLE
K7 – WHIRLPOOL
A1 – WASH? :p
B1 – SURF?
B2 – SURFBOARD?
C2 – CLOTHES HORSE (two options for the final SE)
more likely:
A1 – WASHBOARD
E6 – TIDE POD
M2 – DAZ
J3 – TOAD? (in his washerwoman disguise)
H2 – POSSER
G9 – BRIO
M4 – BEANNIGHE – a scary ass scottish ghost that washes your clothes before you die…
I reckon Beannighe starts at L5; and M2. Daz is correct. Then it’s
M4. BLUING – improves whiteness
ETA: F4. ARIEL
J1. DHOBI – traditional occupations are washing and ironing, “There is a tradition that they are descendants of the mythological hero Virabhadra, who was ordered by Shiva to wash the clothes of all men”
I suspect there’s a Romance word starting LAVO- at B8.
ETA: H7. SURFACTANT – chemically soaps and cleaning agents
B8. LAVOIR – public place set aside for the washing of clothes
G6 – NONBIO
F4 – ARIEL
Also M4 – BLUING (BEANNIGHE moves to L5)
A4. HILLS HOIST – height-adjustable rotary clothes line
So F7 for TIDE POD