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 Attached To An Ocean Liner Or Cruise Ship’ (‘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 Joseph Bruce Ismay was present he might appear as JS PHB RCSMY. Funnel would be FNNL.
* Apostrophes are ignored and hyphens are treated as spaces
1. CP TNCLM
2. WN TRGRDN
3. DG SSNGCBL
4. NFN TYPL
5. GL DNCCKRL
6. T HD CKST
7. CHR YSLRNRSMN
8. MS TRWN TNDMS TRKD D
9. STRNTHRS TR
10. GNVVMS FLD
11. THSH D WFT HGL DNG TBRD G
12. PLNTRM
13. DC TRDMBR CKR
14. BTT P
15. LNKLNGHF FR
16. DZ ZLCMFLG
17. HN KLHT W LVM LPLN
18. QT
19. LT TLNR WYN DL TTLN RW Y
20. DMN CCMRTN
21. DGKNN LS
22. T HB WFT HPY TRVS V
23. RF LRNG
24. TKP R MNDDCK
25. WRG HTFLYR
26. BRR WNGWL
27. BRWRY
28. DM GCS DB YR GWV
29. HWLYHR VYCR PPN
30. KNGN PTNCRM NY
31. DDHM PBC KWHL
32. LT MTBYS SSLD
33. CL LPSBLNGL HRDTL FBTD
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s jigsaw foxer:
a1 lady be good (a_monk)
a2 lineography (a_monk)
a3 lobster clasp (Nutfield)
a4 lozenge (a_monk)
a5 lion-baiting (Colonel_K)
b1 lipizzan (Colonel_K)
b2 lockheed xfv (a_monk)
b3 lesotho (Nutfield)
b4 lookout (ylla)
b5 lawn jockey (Nutfield)
c1 lincoln cathedral (Colonel_K)
c2 lance rest (a_monk)
c3 long-tail boat (Colonel_K)
c4 linda salzman sagan (Nutfield)
c5 loviisa
d1 leg spin (Colonel_K)
d2 long walk of the navajo (a_monk)
d3 limbal ring (Colonel_K)
d4 last voyage of the karluk (Colonel_K)
d5 leinster rugby (Electric Dragon)
e1 lightning rod fashion (Colonel_K)
e2 leda and the swan (ylla)
e3 long beach, california (Nutfield)
e4 lepka buchalter (ylla)
e5 lidar (Colonel_K)
26. BURROWING OWL (Can you burrow on a ship?)
27. BREWERY
31. DEAD !? HUMPBACK WHALE ?
Odd thing to be In, On, Or Attached To An Ocean Liner
ETA: BBC video titled ‘Video shows dead whale across cruise ship’s bow in NYC’
seems the boat was pushing it
28. DAMAGE CAUSED BY … R GWV (2 words)
(missing an L for Weevil)
33. COLLAPSIBLE ENGELHARDT LIFEBOAT D
28. DAMAGE CAUSED BY (A) ROGUE WAVE
30. KING NEPTUNE CEREMONY – is that the one for crossing the equator?
ETA: 18. QUOIT
21. DOG KENNELS
22. THE BOW OF THE PYOTR VASEV
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Admiral_Nakhimov
5. GOLDEN COCKEREL – awarded to fastest P&O ship between Southampton and Sydney
ETA: 8. MISTER WINT AND MISTER KIDD – finale of Diamonds are Forever
2. WINTER GARDEN
3. DEGAUSSING CABLE
4. INFINITY POOL
19. LITTLE NORWAY 1 AND LITTLE NORWAY 2 – Norwegian Cruise Line’s dinky catamarans to serve the Bahamas
(they were using WWII surplus landing craft in the 70s)
11. THE SHADOW OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
13. DOCTOR ADAM BRICKER
https://theloveboat.fandom.com/wiki/Adam_%22Doc%22_Bricker_-_Character_(The_Love_Boat)
17. HEINKEL He-TWELVE MAIL PLANE
23. RIFLE RANGE
24. TEAK PROMENADE DECK
25. WRIGHT FLYER
29. HAWLEY HARVEY CRIPPEN
16. DAZZLE CAMOUFLAGE
7. CHRYSLER NORSEMAN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Norseman
10. GENEVIEVE MASEFIELD
15. LEON KLINGHOFFER
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Klinghoffer
9. STERN THRUSTER
12. PLANETARIUM (or possibly plantroom, but I think that’s two words!)
32. ULTIMATE ABYSS SLIDE – Royal Caribbean, 10 storeys high, Minimum height: 112 cm, Maximum weight: 136 kg
a) It doesn’t say where you end up
b) It’s not a water slide
1. CAPTAIN CALAMAI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero_Calamai
Now down to:
6. T HD CKST
14. BTT P
20. DMN CCMRTN
20. DOMNICA CEMORTAN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster
And for number 34, the answer too awesome for Roman to include:
CH R SJR CHSR CKNWR STLN GR GRTS
CHRIS JERICHO’S ROCK ‘N’ WRESTLING RAGER AT SEA
Nice. If anyone fancies submitting their own missing vowels foxer, then please do. Roman will be holidaying in late May, and unless a guest foxer setter steps in there may be a foxer-free Friday.
Having tried _all_ the other vowels, 6. THE DUCK SUITE
which I was guessing was Disney, but in fact was
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_United_States
Remaining:
14. BTT P