Friday Foxer #226

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 Words Or Word Sequences Wot Can Be Found In The October 28th, 1972 Issue Of Look And Learn’. Entries have been stripped of vowels and, where possible, have had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For example, if ‘viking raiders’ was present it might appear as VKNGRD RS. Khartoum would be KHRTM.

* 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 offer no more than six answers on Day 1. (After 24 hours have elapsed, fill your boots!). If your initial six answers are correct and consecutive, give yourself a pat on the back.

1. HPTRCHY
2. DRDNLLS
3. FRYFRF LY
4. FLT WYHS
5. WL DBSS SSN
6. DSSDSW R
7. TRQCNC LLNGPR PRTS
8. ST DTLRDR WNGSTS
9. MT TNDB LY
10. L RDJHNR XTN
11. THHR RRT HTHN TDHWT HRN

12. RHNLND
13. CMC LBDGS
14. RGN TNNBY
15. LVNGQRT RS
16. SFM RM R
17. PRHNSL
18. HG HPTCL LRY
19. SHRTLG GDNG HTPRW LR
20. HLSL SS
21. DC TRDLTTL
22. HLFT RKS HBL LTS

23. SLVTR D
24. MRC RNYR
25. DD SBB
26. NDRCRRG
27. KLLT HHGN TS
28. TR RNTDCK
29. CLDR NFSTPF YN GHT
30. MR TRNDP STL
31. F MSDV YLMP
32. THC KDVNSHRC RM
33. GR NSHS PYL QDCL L DCHYM

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SOLUTIONS

Last week’s hive foxer theme: The River Thames (defoxed by Nutfield)

battersea shield (Nutfield, copperbottom)
dangleway (Nutfield)
dead man’s hole (copperbottom)
hurley burly (Nutfield, Mrs Nutfield)
father (Nutfield)
frost fair (Nutfield)
gallions reach (Nutfield)
lighter (Nutfield)
mudlark (Nutfield)
red sands (Nutfield)
stackie (copperbottom)
swan upper (Nutfield, Colonel_K)
waterloo helmet (Nutfield, copperbottom)

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30 Comments

  1. Well I know next to nothing about the mag, so consider all of these to be wild guesses:

    3. Fairey Firefly
    4. Fleetway House

  2. I also don’t know the mag so these are a bit guessy…

    30 – MORTAR AND PISTOL
    31 – FAMOUS DAVY LAMP
    32 – THICK DEVONSHIRE CREAM

  3. We have answers for 19 & 33 but without context I have no idea if they would be right!

  4. 11. The Horror that Haunted Hawthorne (Hotel) ??

    20. Haile Selassie

    ETA: 1. HEPTARCHY – the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England

  5. 7. Torque-cancelling properties

    13. Comical Bodegas ?? (somewhat unlikely)

  6. 2 – DARDANELLES
    You’d think that 19 would be SHORT LEGGED NIGHT PROWLER but I can’t find any hits online.

  10. 22 – Half-Turkish Bullets ? There’s an article about Gallipoli so maybe an allusion to the collided bullets or am I seeing too much?

    • HAUL OF (?) Turkish Bullets – phrasing that might work if it’s an archaeological find; I’d imagine it’d be too adult if it was the subject of a anti-smuggling swoop.

  13. 8. STaeDTLeR DRaWiNG SeTS
    28. ToRReNT DuCK

    Remaining (e&oe):
    6. DSSDSW R
    9. MT TNDB LY – easy; foundational bit of History from UK secondary schools
    14. RGN TNNBY – Argentinian Boy ? – sounds like a racehorse, but no proof
    16. SFM RM R
    23. SLVTR D
    24. MRC RNYR
    25. DD SBB
    29. CLDR NFSTPF YN GHT – Cauldron Of … but possibly a trick by Roman
    33. GR NSHS PYL QDCL L DCHYM – Greenish Spy(?) Liquid called {two words}

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