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 China’ (‘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 Terracotta Army was present it might appear as TR RCTTRMY. Tangram would TNGRM.
* Apostrophes are ignored and hyphens are treated as spaces
1. JN
2. TN KMN
3. LBBR D
4. BN QDMFL R
5. SL TPLC
6. CL RLCHN NLT
7. TNHC RM DL
8. MNGMN G
9. HML N
10. TG RLPN GGRG
11. XNPP R
12. MPR SSDWG RCX
13. CH NG DJ
14. RDC TNC MP
15. F VGRTKL NS
16. KYNG
17. W W
18. GR TLPFRW RD
19. RPTNGCRS SBW
20. G NTW LDGSP GD
21. PX
22. LTSS H
23. SRCLTR
24. YNG TZLLGTR
25. FRBD DNCTY
26. RBR TFRTN
27. LT TLR DBK
28. JDB RLS T
29. NNJN GDCD
30. NLC TSFCN FCS
31. WR LDSLR GSTSTNBD DH
32. T HSR CFT HCV DPN D MC
33. SC TYFRG HTSNDH RM NSFS TS
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s geofoxer theme: molluscs (defoxed by Froggster, Phlebas)
a. Ammonite wall, France (Colonel_K)
b. Slug and Lettuce, Portsmouth (Phlebas)
c. Staircase of the Snail, Venice (ylla)
d. Octopus sculpture, Hastings (Colonel_K)
e. Seaslug, Wickenby (Phlebas)
f. Shell Grotto, Margate (Phlebas)
g. Mickey Mantle Plaza, Oklahoma City (Colonel_K)
h. Squid mural, Collingwood, NZ (ylla)
i. Ōgushi Shell Midden, Japan (Aergistal)
j. Shell Tower, Amsterdam (Viscount, ylla)
25 – FORBIDDEN CITY
17 – AI WEIWEI
24. Yangtze Alligator
32. THE SOURCE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC
27. LITTLE RED BOOK
12. EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI
18. GREAT LEAP FORWARD
31. WORLD’S LARGEST STONE BUDDHA
19. REPEATING CROSSBOW
28. JADE BURIAL SUIT
15. FIVE GREAT KILNS
5. SALT PALACE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_the_Imperial_Palace_of_Manchukuo
8. MING MING, a giant panda
26. ROBERT FORTUNE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fortune
10. TIGER LEAPING GORGE
22. LOTUS SHOE
33. SOCIETY OF RIGHTEOUS AND HARMONIOUS FISTS
2. TANK MAN
30. ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS
11. XUAN PAPER – rice paper used for calligraphy
23. SERICULTURE
1. JUNO? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangmen_Underground_Neutrino_Observatory
9. HUA MULAN – legendary folk heroine
ETA: 14. RE-EDUCATION CAMP
3. LIUBO BOARD – ancient 2-player board game
Remaining (e&oe):
4. BN QDMFL R
6. CL RLCHN NLT
7. TNHC RM DL
13. CH NG DJ
16. KYNG
20. G NTW LDGSP GD
21. PX
29. NNJN GDCD
20. GIANT WILD GOOSE PAGODA
21. PUXI
29. NANJING DECADE – of all the things Nanjing/Nanking it’s the decade 1927-37
6. CLAIRE LEE CHENNAULT – American military aviator and leader of the “Flying Tigers”
4. BANQIAO DAM FAILURE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure
13. CHENGDU J-7 – Chinese version of the MiG-21, NATO reporting name: Fishcan
ETA: 7. TIANHE CORE MODULE – part of Tiangong space station
Remaining (e&oe):
16. KYNG
Re: 16. I can find Okay Airways, who sound perfectly adequate; can’t make it a single word, though
For 16. KEYING, a Manchu Stateman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keying_(official)