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.
To fully defox the following geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them.
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s ‘30 Things Wot You Might Find In, On, Under, Or Over A Bed’ missing vowels foxer:
1. TSTR – tester (Colonel_K)
2. NSMNC – insomniac (Colonel_K)
3. MM RYFM – memory foam (Viscount)
4. PT NTHST – patient hoist (Colonel_K)
5. STRNGBDF LLW – strange bedfellow (Viscount)
6. M GCBDKNB – magic bedknob (Electric Dragon)
7. YTNP – yutanpo (Colonel_K)
8. JH NNDY K – john and yoko (Electric Dragon, Nutfield)
9. PL LWTLK – pillow talk (Viscount)
10. MS HQLT – mesh quilt (Electric Dragon) or amish quilt
11. CTSNTR RPTS – coitus interruptus (ylla)
12. CMXHM PTRS – cimex hemipterus (Phlebas)
13. BNNLLSP RNG – bonnell spring (Electric Dragon, Nutfield)
14. DT CHWF – dutch wife (Nutfield)
15. BLT THPL LWSPKR – bluetooth pillow speaker (Viscount)
16. GRHMBTT RFLD – graham butterfield (Viscount)
17. D TCHVN – dutch oven (Viscount)
18. CH MBRPT – chamber pot (Viscount)
19. SHPC NTR – sheep counter (Colonel_K)
20. HS PTLCRNR – hospital corner (Electric Dragon)
21. CHR LBCKTSGRNDP RNTS – charlie bucket’s grandparents (Electric Dragon)
22. SLPPRLY SS – sleep paralysis (Colonel_K)
23. RTHQ KSHLTR – earthquake shelter (Viscount)
24. VLNC – valance (Viscount)
25. FLSC TS – felis catus (Phlebas)
26. GS TFPRC RSTS – guest of procrustes (Nutfield)
27. NT RSS FTNRS – nature’s soft nurse (Phlebas)
28. MT TRSSBT TNTFTR – matress button tufter (Nutfield)
29. T RCKLBD – truckle bed (Nutfield)
30. R LX TNFT HV LNDS FTP LT – relaxation of the uvula and soft palate (ylla, Colonel_K, Nutfield)
B is ‘the site of the old Fellows Park Ground, Home of Walsall FC from 1896-1990’
https://twitter.com/puffpuff65/status/1587436917934759936
Nuts! Beaten.
Clock looks like a football
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.5712788,-1.9979164,3a,75y,67.99h,85.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4myLOBFKcnfvEeNyrdf8fA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
ETA: Wallows Lane, in case it’s important
E: Stade Joseph Marien
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.818306,4.3296499,3a,75y,31.2h,89.2t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNLyDtLGVOewbmoQKOP1a8ciYVQHG_3Jmsffc8a!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNLyDtLGVOewbmoQKOP1a8ciYVQHG_3Jmsffc8a%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya243.61113-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?entry=ttu
In Parc DUDEn, if that’s good enough?
F is the Woolwich ferry, with ‘Dame Vera Lynn’ in the background.
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9822023
K is the Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester.
https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-manchester/lass-o-gowrie
At the corner of Charles Street and Pritchard Street. The bridge is over the River Medlock, the pub to the right is the Joshua Brooks and behind you is Factory Records.
F: Woolwich ferry terminal. The ferry on the left is the Dame Vera Lynn.
K: Lass O’Gowrie Manchester.
Before my internet goes down in a storm
(Refresh… bah)
Hmm, hail now, Starlink not happy, i’m oot…
H: Lake Blosko/Bloke in Slovenia.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7866117,14.5155412,3a,75y,265.33h,87.84t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipO2N2082QUpnOtI9hm7-5EDzPwxb5hJxBOUeHw2!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipO2N2082QUpnOtI9hm7-5EDzPwxb5hJxBOUeHw2%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya283.96655-ro-0-fo100!7i11000!8i5500?entry=ttu
Informal terms for persons according to gender? Old Fellows, Bloke, Dame, Lass…
I: BIRDland, Bourton-on-the-Water
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8787719,-1.7534234,3a,75y,297.69h,82.07t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOd0v1udSG_WlQ6BJK4Z2BVc2TddsIsGnY0kRmX!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOd0v1udSG_WlQ6BJK4Z2BVc2TddsIsGnY0kRmX%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya177.31807-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120?entry=ttu
L: Istiklal Avenue, Istanbul
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0335307,28.9773077,3a,61.2y,98.43h,97.62t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sXmf0Q3qCpycBHHGb0ciBDg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i39?hl=en-GB&entry=ttu
Just beat me to it! The parklike thing on the right is Galatasaray High School, from where the football team got its name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatasaray_High_School
King Zog went there if it helps, which it probably won’t.
GALatasaray, if we’re on colloquial terms for men or women?
J: Crystal Palace Park.
Just out of shot: This statue of GUY the Gorilla.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_%28sculpture%29
C: US Army Aviation Museum. Not sure of the theme connection, though…
ETA: In the foreground: Sikorsky H-19 CHICKasaw.
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.3244033,-85.71291,3a,75.5y,279.74h,96.31t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNAq4M78-PQqPkPyZuJy–TETvrQmIP-rYFZTnV!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNAq4M78-PQqPkPyZuJy–TETvrQmIP-rYFZTnV%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya50.963573-ro-0-fo100!7i6912!8i3456?entry=ttu
Annoyingly, G isn’t (I repeat: IS NOT) the DOLLis Brook Viaduct
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.60512,-0.2016159,3a,75y,225.18h,93.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1pwHuPmyYtpZaj0G-kE-JQ!2e0!5s20090501T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
It’ll get Roman/me cancelled: looks like a DOLL; is a CHAP
Chappel Viaduct, Colne Valley, Essex
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.9223713,0.7565301,3a,90y,147.9h,107.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sziG0rItEMqf_gYvsD6CTCw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
A. LADenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.4702155,8.6046351,3a,90y,315.49h,97.21t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPanGjj-p0RcWRiwwuF0R0V63gt2JDEc8aBmvcg!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPanGjj-p0RcWRiwwuF0R0V63gt2JDEc8aBmvcg%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya290.24646-ro-0-fo100!7i6080!8i3040?hl=en&entry=ttu
ETA: Just D. remaining.
D: Crampton Tower Museum, BROADstairs
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3603194,1.4330778,3a,75y,154.55h,99.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF4TodmVDYzMaF0Q7EPvzGA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en-GB&entry=ttu
Omg, when I just read that, i realised I recognised the bridge, my grandparents used to lived about mile away, always went under than bridge at the end of the long journey to visit.