Friday Foxer #169

Every Friday, 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, on, or close to a factory or similar industrial facility’ (‘things’ is used in its broadest possible sense). Entries have been stripped of vowels and have had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For example, if picket line was present it might appear as PCK TLN. Lathe would be LTH.

* Apostrophes are ignored and hyphens are treated as spaces

1. CR LCNNR
2. T RGD
3. TRPLL VS
4. MLSCVN GR
5. P RVTSDNG
6. MS CW HLYWR K
7. PR ST NSMTT NMTC
8. RFT PTSTTR CK
9. NDS TRLSPNG
10. STRBTR
11. RTDCR CHTC TR

12. SL GPTCR RR
13. CHRLCH PLN
14. RDRCH ST RVTR
15. HL THNDS FT YSS
16. T LN DDM KR
17. SKRS CHNDLR
18. STDW NST RK
19. MR LSBYD VRDMN CH
20. CRM FRDDLLR
21. NCN DSMLT RSTCK
22. SC RRBT

23. MNTNTT
24. RDFN DRS
25. SHPSTW RD
26. RB YLF TSSC RWN GBRC HRNG
27. DR HMSPRL FLR D
28. VR CSLT
29. NDLD D
30. BLTWG HR
31. PHS SYJW
32. SNGLGR DRLCTR CVR HDTR VL LNGCRN
33. T HFF TNML LNTHM DLTFR D

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SOLUTIONS

Last week’s hive foxer theme: British invasions (defoxed by Viscount)

autons (Viscount)
battle of dorking (Viscount, Phlebas, ylla)
flotille de boulogne (Nutfield, Colonel_K)
ghq line (ylla)
harald hardrada (Colonel_K)
horsell common (Colonel_K)
martello tower (Colonel_K, ylla)
perkin warbeck (Colonel_K)
pevensey (Colonel_K)
the swoop (Colonel_K)
volgans (Nutfield)

33 Comments

  11. 12. SLAG POT CARRIER

    20. CROMFORD DOLLAR – issued as a week’s wage for the workers in Richard Arkwright’s mill

  12. 19. MURALS BY EDVARD MUNCH – Freia chocolate factory in Oslo

    ETA: 4. MULE SCAVENGER – lowliest and highly dangerous job for youngest children

  13. 22. something ROBOT ?
    OSCAR ? – range of glazing robots
    SCORE ? – intended for football (soccer)
    SCOUR ?

    • S.C.A.R.A. – acronym for Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm, recognized by their two parallel joints which provide movement in the X-Y plane.

    • Well, the criteria is “in, on, or close to” so as a Warhol product I reckon it’s right.

  20. Remaining (e&oe):
    2. T RGD
    10. STRBTR
    11. RTDCR CHTC TR
    14. RDRCH ST RVTR
    26. RB YLF TSSC RWN GBRC HRNG
    27. DR HMSPRL FLR D
    29. NDLD D

  24. 2. TOUR GUIDE
    – presumably an industrial heritage walk rather than while people are working (unless you’re Gregg Wallace)

    Leaves:
    11. RTDCR CHTC TR
    14. RDRCH ST RVTR – – Roderic somebody
    29. NDLD D – – Needle something

    • Well, if there are words as long as Architecture hiding in there then 14. might have Orchestra in the middle…

      RED ORCHESTRA VTR
      the game (Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad) does have a level set in the Red October Tractor Factory.
      Aviator ? – would be slightly weird

      • It might’ve been Voter, but
        Vote Kick -> Roman’s Behind
        I think it’s missing a letter and should be RED ORCHESTRA VETERAN

        N this time. Has anyone been keeping track of the omitted letters in case Roman’s trying to send a mesage. Mind you, they’d all be consonants. Hold on a second!
        (consults Commodore L’s Guide to Signals)
        Here we are
        N = ‘I am taking in, or discharging, or carrying dangerous goods’
        No, wait, that’s B.
        ‘I require a tug’
        Oh! Hmmm. Ah! That’s Z.
        N- November – ‘no (negative); or an abandonment in a sailing regatta’

        If you can read this, Roman, and everything is ok perhaps next time JH (I am aground. I am not in danger.) or UW (I wish you a pleasant voyage.)

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