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 The Channel Islands’ (‘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 St Helier was present it might appear as sth lr. Bergerac would be brgrc.
* Apostrophes are ignored and hyphens are treated as spaces
In an attempt to ensure as many people as possible get a chance to participate, Roman requests individual defoxers supply no more than six answers on Day 1. (After 24 hours have elapsed, fill your boots!).
1. jmb
2. crpd
3. cldch n
4. gn twvnpf fn
5. chr mngbtty
6. jr rsspkr
7. pt tp lp
8. lt nntcl nlkrtst nr
9. wtc hsstn
10. grv llhrd
11. gj y
12. sqrp n dcn
13. cr tgnss
14. jrsyvn ngps tjrnl st
15. mrp y
16. mrt tvs
17. l grsylt
18. h tdlg r nn
19. trd ntv
20. thbr clybrt hrs
21. ln dnndr grndn ntnff tynnst ck
22. hr ddp
23. sgnr
24. lt rdv n d
25. rtttrn qll
26. bl ybyh llc lmb
27. mssbt tlff lwr s
28. ry lgld ngrn sygt
29. ldr nyrc
30. cb bglf
31. llllngt ry
32. lc p
33. ntrn tnlkd nysdp tt
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SOLUTIONS
last week’s hive foxer theme: megaliths (defoxed by Colonel_K, a_monk)
aubrey burl (a_monk)
bru na boinne (a_monk)
cove (a_monk)
cromlech (Colonel_K)
dolmen (a_monk)
equinox (Colonel_K)
le menec (a_monk)
merry maidens (a_monk)
obelix (Colonel_K)
orthostat (a_monk)
quoit (a_monk)
ring of brodgar (Colonel_K)
sarsen (Colonel_K)
solstice (Colonel_K)
sunhoney (a_monk)
trilith (a_monk)
5. Mr Pye
(on Sark, if memory serves)
15. even; had me well confused for a second.
23 – SEIGNEUR
21 – LONDON UNDERGROUND NINETEEN FIFTY NINE STOCK
4. GIANT WOVEN PUFFIN
26. BOULEY BAY HILLCLIMB (My dad has worked with the Wiscombe one for years)
14. JERSEY EVENING POST JOURNALIST
5. CHARMING BETTY
1. JAMBO (Gorilla)
12. SQUARE POUND COIN
And with 6 done, i’m off!
20 – THE BARCLAY BROTHERS
6. JERRAIS SPEAKER
25 – RUETTE TRANQUILLE
31 – LILLIE LANGTRY
and that’s six.
30. CABBAGE LEAF? (Of the Jersey variety)
7. POTATO PEEL PIE
33 – INTERNATIONAL KIDNEY SEED POTATO
27. MISS BATTLE OF FLOWERS
9. WITCHES STONE
8. Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Steiner – Michael Caine in The Eagle has Landed
2. CRAPAUD – Jerseymen have traditionally been known as crapauds and Guernseymen as donkeys
10. Grouville Hoard (Le Câtillon II) is a hoard of an estimated 70,000 late Iron Age (Celtic) and Roman coins reported in June 2012
24. La Tour de Vinde (aka Noirmont Tower) is a Martello tower
28. Royal Golden Guernsey Goat – was just the Golden Guernsey until King Charles bestowed the title on one.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c4ng0pj478qo
29. Alderney Race – strait that runs between Alderney and Cap de la Hague, a strong current runs through
3. CLAUDE CAHUN – French surrealist photographer, born Lucy Schwob
13. ICART GNEISS
19. could be {Herm} Trident IV (sunk), Trident V or Trident VI
Is THC, for legal and temporal reasons, located on the high seas somewhere west of the International Date Line?
My brain couldn’t handle the contradiction between Day 1 (presumed to mean Friday) and 24 hours starting around midday BST/GMT.
16 – MURATTI VASE – an inter-island football competition
17. LAGER SYLT – concentration camp. They were named after Frisian islands, I believe
Remaining (e&oe):
11. gj y
18. h tdlg r nn
22. hr ddp
32. lc p – ile?
18. HAUT(E) DE LA GARENNE – former childrens’ home
32. La Coupée, isthmus joining Great Sark and Little Sark – haunted by a demon dog with glowing red eyes and said to be an omen of death
11. G-JOEY a yellow trislander with his own range of children’s books (now retired).