This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a dab hand at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not help out.
Roman is old enough to remember the days when cub scouts in the UK could earn proficiency badges for toffee making, Ludo, and spitting. He also recalls the time when all Friday Foxers were collage foxers.
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SOLUTIONS
a1. germania (Zwack23)
a2. groom of the stool (Froggster)
a3. gaborone (Colonel_K)
a4. grave robbery (Colonel_K)
a5. grain entrapment (Colonel_K)
b1. grantchester knot (AbyssUK)
b2. grunge (AbyssUK)
b3. girl with an oar (Froggster)
b4. geiger counter (Colonel_K)
b5. geocentric model (Phlebas)
c1. gas carrier (AbyssUK)
c2. gävle goat (Panzerschwein)
c3. general dynamics f-111 aardvark (Colonel_K)
c4. giantess (AbyssUK)
c5. grand-place (Zwack23)
d1. geta (Phlebas)
d2. guardium (Colonel_K)
d3. generation z (Phlebas)
d4. gilbert bundy (Phlebas)
d5. greater spot-nosed monkey (Zwack23)
e1. guerilla girls (Colonel_K)
e2. greeble (Colonel_K)
e3. gurps horror (Phlebas)
e4. glinda (AbyssUK)
e5. gauntlet track (Aergistal)
Happy Tim’s Sock Day, everyone!
(I presume that’s why the masthead’s changed)
CICERONE map top edge, left of centre – a fancier one if they’re asking $27.95 for it, eg. the Land’s End – John O’Groats trail.
The cartoon raccoon with the staff is Sly Cooper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Cooper
There’s an Indian 5 rupee stamp of Mahatma Ghandi from 2005.
https://stampsofindia.com/lists/stamps/2005/Gandhi-Reading.jpg
Obviously also a block of instant ramen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen
In front of Gandhi: South West Coast Path sculpture by Sarah Ward and Owen Cunningham, Found in Minehead.
Could the theme be long walks?