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 Things, Words, or Phrases Wot You Might Find In Twelve-Year-Old Tim’s Lavishly Illustrated Humanities* Exercise Book’. Entries have been stripped of vowels and, where possible, have had any inter-word spaces repositioned**. For example, if oxbow lake was present it might appear as XB WLK. Mosque would be MSQ.
* For those who didn’t attend a UK comprehensive school in the 1980s, ‘humanities’ was a combination subject that covered things like geography, history, environmental studies, and religious education.
** 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. NTCL
2. SL RSTLL
3. MRH K
4. FRC TNNGTWR
5. DR WN GFTHM SSLN GB RG
6. RSHHS HNH
7. TT TDCNT RLRC KTMTRS
8. MS SVCRLTC RP
9. SPLLN GMSTKS
10. RV WFT HF RTHR M
11. XPL RN GTS P RDRL GNWSCM MNP LCNT HVCT RNR
12. TNCHTTLN
13. GRN NK
14. BRDMRG LCR
15. KSM BPWRSC HM
16. DRW NGFB TH NGMC HN
17. LK GNT HF RWR DHLD
18. F VPL LRSFB LF
19. R NRC LNDLM ST N
20. NT R LG SSS FRTH NT WNGS
21. BR M NGH MST HD DNT
22. MHM MDB C MSDR V RNC MLT RN
23. KNGH
24. YMKP PR
25. SSMCSR VY
26. RDT NLK
27. THFM SDC KTR PN
28. D RW NGFP NGN
29. GR GHRBR TLGHML LRY
30. MNSTH RSTF RKNWL DG
31. NS T RYST HM T HFR V R
32. VR YST PM DMW NCW THP N
33. THSL VSW RK PTWR K NGBYG RDW HWHP PDTH MW HNTH YSL CKN D
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s geofoxer theme: currencies of the world (defoxed by copperbottom)
a. euro (Aergistal)
b. sol (copperbottom)
c. yen (Aergistal)
d. rand
e. pula (Zwack23)
f. quetzal (Colonel_K)
g. lev (Colonel_K)
h. shilling (Froggster)
i. dollar (Zwack23)
j. pound (a_monk, Colonel_K)
k. kip (Colonel_K)
l. franc (copperbottom)
Kind of heartening to see greengrocer’s apostrophes stubbornly stand the test of time.
Relevantly: 9. SPELLING MISTAKES
and less relevantly: 27. THE FAMOUS DICK TURPIN