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
words beginning with ‘kn’ (defoxed by Colonel_K)
a1. knucklebones (Colonel_K, Nutfield)
a2. knossos (Colonel_K)
a3. knee deep in hexes (Colonel_K)
a4. knot (a_monk)
b1. kniphofia (Colonel_K)
friendly fire (defoxed by Aergistal)
b2. combat identification panel (a_monk)
b3. battle of barking creek (Colonel_K)
c1. dogger bank incident (Colonel_K)
c2. stonewall jackson (Nutfield
d1. italo balbo (Nutfield,
last words in titles of James Ellroy novels (defoxed by Colonel_K)
d2. tabloid (a_monk)
d3. jazz (a_monk)
e1. requiem (a_monk)
e2. dahlia (Colonel_K)
e3. confidential (Colonel_K)
crooked things (defoxed by a_monk)
a5.crooked house (a_monk)
b4. crooked spire (a_monk)
b5. crooked nose (Colonel_K, a_monk)
c3. crooked crown (Colonel_K)
c4. crooked man (a_monk)
illegally demolished pubs (defoxed by a_monk)
c5. corkman irish pub (a_monk, Nutfield)
d4. the crooked house (Colonel_K)
d5. the alchemist (a_monk)
e4. carlton tavern (a_monk, Colonel_K)
e5. punch bowl inn (Colonel_K)
J4. BARBARA (starts down and to the right)
J5. BARRY
So. Either The Good Life or Last of the Summer Wine.
Four ways to start COWARD, which doesn’t feel particularly VJ Day:
L2, K7, L7, M5
The last three can also begin COANDA
Just one K5. RWANDA
G1. GRAPHENE, though it isolates L.O.