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. All are welcome to participate.
Below is a list of ‘33 Things Wot You Might Find in Brittany’ (‘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 ‘Morlaix Disaster’ was present it might appear as MR LXDSSTR. Brest would be BRST.
* Apostrophes are ignored and hyphens are treated as spaces
1. CHCHN
2. B GDLN NBH
3. PR NZGN
4. BSF TSFNDRS
5. SP KRFCL T CLN GG
6. QMPR
7. HR VDPRT ZMGR
8. CR NCSTNS
9. PRTNK NTC
10. BGDN
11. THFR NC HNV YSFRS TRNHL LDR NCLD
12. SSNTS HP
13. WRSH PGRVYRD
14. PLGG N
15. F TDSFL TSB LS
16. THC MB TFT HTH RTY
17. KRRGN
18. JC QSSTSSKPF
19. THMS TPW R FLLG HT HSNRP
20. CPHL PHRSNT
21. DDT RCV R DNGL DL F
22. SC TNT NLDS V TGV LN TR
23. YST RBD
24. HG HSPDC TMRNFR RY
25. THNVN TRFT HS TTHS CP
26. FD RTNDG RN
27. NNJH NNY
28. LFR MT HM CC DZ
29. SPN SHCCPRS
30. KG NMNN
31. T HWR LDSFR STT DLPWRST TN
32. PS TRBRTN
33. THWST RNMSTD PRTM NTFMTR PLT NFRNC
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s collage theme: David Kelly (defoxed by Colonel_K)
Defoxing team: Colonel_K, Aergistal, Nutfield, Phlebas, Froggster, and Electric Dragon
6. QUIMPER
19. THE MOST POWERFUL LIGHTHOUSE IN EUROPE
33. THE WESTERNMOST DEPARTMENT OF METROPOLITAN FRANCE
17. KORRIGAN
18. Jacques Stosskopf
13. WARSHIP GRAVEYARD
24. HIGH SPEED CATAMARAN FERRY
16. THE COMBAT OF THE THIRTY
5. SPEAKER OF CELTIC LANGUAGE
28. OIL FROM THE AMOCO CADIZ
8. CARNAC STONES
31. THE WORLD’S FIRST TIDAL POWER STATION
27. ONION JOHNNY
I may be late, but at least I have ice cream.
@Tim – is there an explanation for the Israeli/Palestinian handgrenade from last weeks collage foxer?
32. POSTIER BRETON – sub-breed of horse (was used extensively by the French Horse Artillery)
It’s from the poster for a movie called 45 Minutes to Ramallah (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_Dossier#The_45_minute_claim)
11. THE FRENCH NAVY’S FIRST IRON HULLED IRONCLAD?
I just worked that out!
THe FReNCH NaVY’s FiRST iRoN HuLLeD iRoNCLaD
3. Prinz Eugen
29. SPANISH OCCUPIERS ? – military occupation from summer 1590 to May 2, 1598
(Brittany Campaign on wikipedia)
20. CEPHALOPHORE SAINT ? – depiction of a saint carrying their own severed head
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalophore
Got spanish and saint, but neither of those bits :).
Have you got ice cream at least?
Am on a diet 🙁
1. CHOUCHEN – form of mead, normally 14% abv
ETA: 25. THE INVENTOR OF THE STeTHoSCoPe
René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec – triple-barreled first name!
(Born in 6. Quimper)
21. DDT R (two words) … COVERED IN GOLD LEAF ?
DEAD TREE – Golden Tree of Brocéliande (forest of Arthurian legend, now Paimpont forest)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broc%C3%A9liande
ETA: 23. OYSTER BED ?
OYSTER BEAD ?
Remaining (e&oe):
2. B GDLN NBH
4. BSF TSFNDRS
7. HR VDPRT ZMGR
9. PRTNK NTC
10. BGDN
12. SSNTS HP
14. PLGG N
15. F TDSFL TSB LS
22. SC TNT NLDS V TGV LN TR
26. FD RTNDG RN
30. KG NMNN
22. could end Volunteer – a reference to Organization Todt building the Atlantic Wall, maybe?
9. OPERATION KINETIC
4. UBISOFT’S FOUNDERS – started by the Guillemot family as a support business for farmers
10. BIGOUDEN – women’s head-dress that gives its’ name to the south-western subregion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigouden
12. Ouessant sheep
15. FETE DES FILETS BLEUS (although it seems to call itself a festival, not a fete!)
2. BAGAD {de} LANN-BIHOUE – pipe band of the French navy
7. HERVE DE PORTZMOGEUR – Breton equivalent to Drake, sort of
22. SOCIETE NATIONALE DE SAUVETAGE {en Mer} VOLUNTEER – save lives at sea
26. FEDERATION DE GOUREN – folk wrestling body
30. KOUIGN-AMANN – “the fattiest pastry in all of Europe”; series 5, ep 7 of GBBO
Remaining:
14. PLGG N – plage, plague, GIGN?