Friday Foxer #223

This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a whizz at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not lend a hand.

To fully defox the following geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them.

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SOLUTIONS

Last week’s cluster foxer:

shuffles (defoxed by Aergistal)
a1. faro (Zwack23)
a2. corgi (Nutfield)
b1. hindu (Aergistal)
b2. dovetail (Aergistal)
c1. 52 pickup (Nutfield, Colonel_K)

william lamb (defoxed by Aergistal)
c2. lamb (Aergistal)
d1. lord byron (Zwack23)
d2. portarlington (Aergistal)
e1. the swing riots (copperbottom)
e2. young queen victoria (Zwack23)

rebellions (defoxed by Colonel_K)
a3. monmouth (Colonel_K)
b3. rugby school (Nutfield)
c3. eureka (a_monk)
d3. satsuma (a_monk, Aergistal)
e3. boxer (Colonel_K)

tibet (defoxed by Aergistal)
a4. schäfer expedition (Colonel_K)
b4. sherlock holmes y el misterio del tibet (Colonel_K)
c4. grom: terror in tibet (Aergistal)
d4. tibetan mastiff (Aergistal)
e4. tintin in tibet (Aergistal)

words ending in ‘val’ (defoxed by Aergistal)
a5. rival (Nutfield)
b5. festival (Aergistal)
c5. parzival (Aergistal)
d5. survival (Aergistal)
e5. serval (Colonel_K)

14 Comments

  2. K. Mural for naturalist E. O. Wilson in Mobile, Alabama
    off Conception Street, round the corner from the Athelstan Club
    https://www.google.com/maps/@30.6930802,-88.0435945,3a,75y,101.23h,88.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1spAmjgBi_HDzFrbYdSp_JoA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D1.364477606170169%26panoid%3DpAmjgBi_HDzFrbYdSp_JoA%26yaw%3D101.23259762135281!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQwOS4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDU1SAFQAw%3D%3D

  3. B. Islamic Center of America, Dearborn, Michigan
    picture taken on Altar Road
    https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3294171,-83.2295031,3a,61.2y,-1.14h,92.51t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sSboC7G96gRM5irZQ0jCQLg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-2.5061615754538735%26panoid%3DSboC7G96gRM5irZQ0jCQLg%26yaw%3D-1.142281253282611!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQwOS4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDU1SAFQAw%3D%3D

  5. H – Maison Pfister in Colmar (With Mrs Nutfield) – https://www.google.com/maps/@48.076575,7.358189,3a,75y,347.21h,102.2t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sl1oiQjVtxhQw1NQ4zkiJYQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-12.20258654898997%26panoid%3Dl1oiQjVtxhQw1NQ4zkiJYQ%26yaw%3D347.2095170962331!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

  6. J – Train station in Berchtesgaden
    https://www.google.de/maps/place/83471+Berchtesgaden/@47.6267699,12.9994646,3a,75y,36.38h,95.34t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgID40rLxRg!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAIMqDu2IPNrk5JU0pUUU0ZfbGbQ-ZYY4cl4ppBiuRWM8LPLlJEeN-gqwVm0O7SBjWK3ND3pE-IROV84-Y48GK6Pv1j6wPWc4UGJ7QO72l-sHJdqCtTt7iZc48OLuUwAHOtTmTis5KR8%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi-5.340734699987493-ya339.3783734115707-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!4m6!3m5!1s0x4776eb5da8d79dd3:0x41d25a40937b770!8m2!3d47.6300314!4d13.001148!16zL20vMGIwNzY?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQwOC4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDU1SAFQAw%3D%3D

  8. G. Burden Iron Works Museum, Troy, New York
    https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7096344,-73.698373,3a,41.6y,307.75h,91.16t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAAFgrN7OWzNWZVztqJxEug!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.1590973952903028%26panoid%3DAAFgrN7OWzNWZVztqJxEug%26yaw%3D307.7469644251866!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQwOS4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDU1SAFQAw%3D%3D

  9. D – Monument for Operation Dragoon at Le Dramont beach near St Raphael, where the 36th Infantry Division landed. This landing point was named Camel Beach.

    Here: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4170016,6.8454428,2a,90y,40.38h,83.83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s4OzLsPMf3fhjbqQaZDxTZA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D6.165358089902412%26panoid%3D4OzLsPMf3fhjbqQaZDxTZA%26yaw%3D40.384303137457195!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

    • A – Hotel MIRAMAR
      B – Lieutenant DEARBORN
      C – Steve OVERTON
      D – OPERATION DRAGOON
      E – Luke HUGHES
      F – GREEN TREE Games
      G – BURDEN of Command
      H – COLMAR Pocket
      I – Sergeant GRANT
      J – BERCHTESGADEN
      K – Lieutenant WILSON
      L – Captain LAMB

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