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.
To fully defox the following geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them.
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s wordchain:
1. kaiser-i-hind (ylla)
2. indignant (ylla)
3. anthrax (ylla)
4. axum (Phlebas)
5. umbriel (Nutfield, Phlebas)
6. elevator (ylla)
7. torghatten (ylla)
8. tengri (ylla)
9. griffon (ylla)
10. fonthill (ylla)
11. illuminati (Phlebas, Colonel_K)
12. atithi (Colonel_K)
13. thistle (Colonel_K)
14. legie (Colonel_K)
15. giessbach (Phlebas)
16. bachelor (ylla)
17. orpiment (Electric Dragon)
18. mentewab (Electric Dragon, ylla)
19. abdicate (Electric Dragon)
20. tennis (ylla)
21. nispetiye (Phlebas)
22. yezhov (Phlebas)
23. overload (Phlebas)
24. loadmaster (Phlebas)
E: Houses of Parliament
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4992207,-0.1260147,3a,75y,62.01h,90.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sApHLchodvXmIAT8l6WzN4g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
The clock tower of Big Ben used to be called St Stephen’s Tower
G is St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Cathedral,_Vienna
J: 134 W 43rd Street New York:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.756192,-73.9852156,3a,75y,165.74h,92.06t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1snkye_0OW6OuWsOgDnj1GNg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dnkye_0OW6OuWsOgDnj1GNg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D124.57263%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
J – The National Debt Clock at W 43rd St, New York
edit: next to the Stephen Sondheim Theater. So, the link is Stephens?
Think the link is just clocks – debt clock, Big Ben, there’s a clock in I
Having said that, St Stephens cathedral doesn’t have a clock
K: Backus aan de Grens fish market, Venlo, NL
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3818134,6.2167863,3a,75y,161.18h,93.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdEXjPXRNuB2NHkmV1E6iIw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Major Richard Stephens was captured here in the Venlo Incident during WW2
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stevens
K: Backus aan de Grens, Venlo, Netherlands.
ETA: Right by the Netherlands/German border, in case that’s relevant!
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3818134,6.2167863,3a,75y,149.12h,95.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdEXjPXRNuB2NHkmV1E6iIw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
A. Australia Zoo, STEVE Irwin Way, Beerwah {What a name!}, Queensland
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Australia+Zoo/@-26.8384916,152.9633487,3a,90y,171.29h,66.79t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipP-zZlf97KiNE8aSAdgWvn_xhFXIazxpJfeDKph!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipP-zZlf97KiNE8aSAdgWvn_xhFXIazxpJfeDKph%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-20-ya304-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!4m9!3m8!1s0x6b9384b3394378fb:0x912d04a1146aed33!8m2!3d-26.8357181!4d152.963113!10e5!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI!16zL20vMDVxeHp6?hl=en&entry=ttu
I – The Primark in STEVENAGE.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.9017544,-0.2018335,3a,75y,130.28h,89.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRZagBBsKTX_PUq_u91pBIg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
H – Stephen King’s house.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8021933,-68.78479,3a,75y,352.33h,102.8t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPnZfx4vCFoc6thorbwENQYk-CRpqskzvrnJHRy!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPnZfx4vCFoc6thorbwENQYk-CRpqskzvrnJHRy%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya119.737915-ro-0-fo100!7i5760!8i2880?entry=ttu
L. Murder site of Stephen Lawrence, though the GPS location on Wikipedia has it some way further down the road (bus stop before the next turning on the right, I believe)
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4633424,0.0506268,3a,75y,193.82h,82.87t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1soMotnzMSL18eMFxpkUIREQ!2e0!5s20210801T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu
C – Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
D – Simmons Hall, MIT, Boston
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3556176,-71.1002231,3a,75y,341.32h,94.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOv1MhHxUftVxQoxW1zVx2w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Designed by Steven Holl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_at_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology#Simmons_Hall
F – Fort Stevens, Oregon
B – Marias Pass obelisk and statue of John F. Stevens
B – Marias Pass obelisk in Glacier National Park, Montana. Commemorating John F STEVENS.
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.3175407,-113.3528455,3a,75y,312.16h,105.51t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sSjaal1Gm7xxT_UBoG-_f-w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DSjaal1Gm7xxT_UBoG-_f-w%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D24.805353%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en-GB&entry=ttu
I think we’re done – good work, all!
If anyone fancies some extra mental torment over the Christmas period, this year’s Goodworth Clatford Christmas Quiz is now available and may well appeal to the more cryptically inclined among us.
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/Quiz2023
Hi, fellow Foxer-hounds!
The following turned up in my Steam Discovery Queue; it has a demo and I’m finding it quite Foxer-y:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2295070/Poems__Codes/
Resolve poems that have been encoded with a substitution cypher, just like in your favourite literature: Poe, Conan Doyle, Boys’ Own, Nancy Drew (I imagine)…
Maybe I’m just enthusiastic because I haven’t done the Despair one yet…
Thanks for the tip. Roman will share some thoughts on Poems & Codes in the next 3×3.