Friday Foxer #202

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 Are Flat Or Predominantly Flat’ missing vowels foxer:

1. PLNCHT – planchet (Mrs Nutfield)
2. CR NK – ice rink (copperbottom)
3. CWPT – cowpat (copperbottom)
4. TRNCHR – trencher (copperbottom)
5. F CF P G – face of a pug (copperbottom)
6. S LRDY N – salar de uyuni (Colonel_K)
7. BW LNGGRN – bowling green (Nutfield)
8. LMN DLMND – limanda limanda (a_monk)
9. BL LTS HSL – ballet shoe sole (Colonel_K)
10. DF LTDTYR – deflated tyre (Electric Dragon)
11. KTL LBJR NSSNSNS – ketill björnsson’s nose (Nutfield)

12. SP TLBLD – spatula blade (copperbottom)
13. STN LYLMBCHP – stanley lambchop (Mrs Nutfield)
14. THRT HCCR DN GTN XGRS – the earth according to anaxagoras (Colonel_K)
15. S NKRT BLSLT – snooker table slate (a_monk)
16. THML DVS – the maldives (Electric Dragon)
17. HLPAD – helipad (Phlebas)
18. T HT PF M S – the top of a mesa (Phlebas, copperbottom)
19. STRD SVGNNHN DR DNDT HR – stridsvagn one hundred and three (Phlebas)
20. CHPT – chapati (Phlebas)
21. T HBT TMFP N T – the bottom of a punt, or the bottom of a pint (Phlebas)
22. RLYWR GMNGMNT RS – early wargaming miniatures (Phlebas)

23. CL MS – calm sea (Colonel_K)
24. KBKC SBF RSSMB LY – ikea bookcase before assembly (copperbottom)
25. BD WTRBSN – badwater basin (Nutfield)
26. DRM T – door mat (Electric Dragon)
27. STC KFCH WNGG M – stick of chewing gum (Nutfield)
28. HRZN TLLYP PSDNGN – horizontally opposed engine (Colonel_K)
29. STNG L – east anglia (Nutfield) or sea tangle (a_monk)
30. CSTR – coaster (Electric Dragon)
31. SLRPN L – solar panel (Electric Dragon)
32. T NDFSN GR – tone deaf singer (Colonel_K)
33. SH TFLSG N – sheet of lasagne (Nutfield)

21 Comments

  10. I think the theme is the international space station: ZVEZDA and UNITY are modules, DRAGON capsules are used to ferry astronauts to and from the station, CYGNUS spacecraft deliver supplies and a ROBONAUT was tested up there a few years back.

  13. M3. DEXTRE, the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM), is a two-armed robot, or telemanipulator

    L7. PRICHAL, also known as the Uzlovoy Module (lit. ’Node Module’) is a Russian-built component of the International Space Station (ISS). This cylindrical module has six docking ports (forward, aft, port, starboard, zenith, and nadir) to provide additional docking ports for Soyuz and Progress spacecraft, as well as potential future modules.

  16. Nutfield’s D9. PIZZA is no ordinary pizza but Space Pizza (delivered by Pizza Hut to the ISS as a publicity stunt in 2001)

    Leaves H6. TREMOR – name of a toy Apatosaurus taken on Crew Dragon Demo-2

  17. A2. CIMON, for Crew Interactive Mobile companion, is a head-shaped AI robot used in the International Space Station.

    C4. APOGEE OF FEAR, a 2012 science fiction comedy short film, the first narrative fiction film made completely in space aboard the International Space Station in October 2008.

    That would leave C3. RUBIO, which could be Francisco Carlos “Frank” Rubio, unless I made a mistake.

  18. To sum up:
    D9 – PIZZA
    G13. UNITY
    G7. ZVEZDA
    J3. CYGNUS
    C8. ROBONAUT
    F6. ZARYA
    C1. QUEST
    M1. iROSA
    M2. TRANQUILITY
    J4. POISK
    M3. DEXTRE
    L7. PRICHAL
    J6. ARED
    H11 – CREW DRAGON
    H1. PIRS
    F2. ORBITAL
    H6. TREMOR
    A2. CIMON
    C4. APOGEE OF FEAR
    C3. RUBIO

    So, 20 words.

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