Friday Foxer #176

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.

The honeycomb below is a fancy form of wordsearch in which every cell is used, and words can curl and zigzag but never overlap. Each hive foxer has a theme (some past ones: owls, rugby, Egypt, UFOs…). Identifying the theme is a vital part of the defoxing process.

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SOLUTIONS

Last week’s ‘33 Things Wot You Might Find In, On, Or Attached To An Ocean Liner Or Cruise Ship’ missing vowels foxer:

1. CP TNCLM – captain calamai (Phlebas)
2. WNTRGR DN – winter garden (ylla)
3. DG SSNGCBL – degaussing cable (ylla)
4. NFN TYPL – infinity pool (ylla)
5. GLD NCCKRL – golden cockerel (Colonel_K)
6. T HD CKST – the duck suite (Colonel_K)
7. CHR YSLRNRSMN – chrysler norseman (ylla)
8. MS TRWN TNDMS TRKD D – mister wint and mister kidd (Colonel_K)
9. STRNTHRS TR – stern thruster (ylla)
10. GNVVMS FLD – genevieve masefield (Phlebas)
11. THSH D WFT HGL DNG TBRD G – the shadow of the golden gate bridge (Phlebas)

12. PLNTRM – planetarium (ylla)
13. DC TRDMBR CKR – doctor adam bricker (Phlebas)
14. BTT P – boot-top
15. LNKLNGH FFR – leon klinghoffer (Phlebas)
16. DZ ZLCMFLG – dazzle camouflage (ylla)
17. HN KLHT WLVM LPLN – heinkel he twelve mail plane (Colonel_K)
18. QT – quoit (Colonel_K)
19. LT TLNR WYN DL TTLN RW Y – little norway i and little norway ii (Colonel_K)
20. DMN CCMRTN – dominica cemortan (Phlebas)
21. DGKNN LS – dog kennels (ylla)
22. T HB WFT HPY TRVS V – the bow of the pyotr vasev (ylla)

23. RF LRNG – rifle range (Phlebas)
24. TKP R MNDDCK – teak promenade deck (Phlebas)
25. WRG HTFLYR – wright flyer (Phlebas)
26. BRR WNGWL – burrowing owl (ylla)
27. BRWRY – brewery (ylla)
28. DM GCS DB YR GWV – damage caused by rogue wave (ylla)
29. HWLYHR VYCR PPN – hawley harvey crippen (Phlebas)
30. KNGN PTNCRM NY – king neptune ceremony (Colonel_K)
31. DDHM PBC KWHL – dead humpback whale (Colonel_K)
32. LT MTBYS SSLD – ultimate abyss slide (Colonel_K)
33. CL LPSBLNGL HRDTL FBTD – collapsible engelhardt lifeboat d (ylla)

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  1. Summing up: Prime Minister’s Nicknames

    K1. Welsh Wizard = David Lloyd George
    C3. GOM, acronym for Grand Old Man / God’s Only Mistake = William Gladstone
    A2. Incredible Sulk = Edward Heath
    E2. Iron Lady = Mrs Thatcher
    J2. Winnie = Churchill
    F6. Sunny Jim = James Callaghan
    L1. Bambi = Tony Blair IIRC
    L5. BoJo the Clown = Boris Johnson
    M6. Royal Oak = Duke of Grafton
    i7. Sir Bluestring = Robert Walpole
    F6. Supermac = Harold Macmillan
    G10. Squiffy = Asquith
    F9. Orange Peel = Robert Peel
    F11. Coroner = Neville Chamberlain
    E11. Little P = Spencer Perceval

    No room for: The Zany of Debate, George II’s Favourite Nonentity, The Turf Macaroni, or Human hand grenade

    ETA: Just noticed the preamble does give how many answers to expect; I make it 15.

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