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 Wot You Might Find in the Amazon Basin’ (‘things’ is used in its broadest possible sense). Entries have been stripped of vowels and numbers and have had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For example, if Brazil nut was present it might appear as BR ZLNT. Deforestation would be DFRSTTN.
* Apostrophes are ignored and hyphens are treated as spaces
1. JKHG GNS
2. PDTMR N
3. RB BRBM
4. CHN CHM CWCLYL CK
5. MP LWH TLND
6. LLGLLG GNG
7. CRPR
8. NCNT CTDTRB
9. GNTT TR
10. HTZN
11. THTL LSTSTR CT RNS THM RC
12. KMBRT L
13. CTRST
14. JN NFRLP ZN DCC B
15. RNG R
16. S LVN
17. CRN LCHRCH
18. RGRCSM NT
19. NDNRDC TN
20. FSTVPRR T
21. FRDLND
22. RPM
23. PDRTX R
24. MRCRYPLL TN
25. GTH NMPRR
26. L STC T YFZ
27. PRRC
28. NPL NCHGNN
29. BRMLD
30. GLTHBR DTR
31. PL MLPN TTN
32. DSTFR MT HBD LDPRS SN
33. T HBCDG RP
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s geofoxer theme: lands (defoxed by Electric Dragon)
a. zululand (Colonel_K, ylla, Phlebas)
b. dreamland (Phlebas, Nutfield)
c. finland (Colonel_K)
d. rutland (ylla)
e. birdland (Nutfield)
f. overland (Colonel_K)
g. nomansland (Mrs Nutfield)
h. heligoland (Electric Dragon)
i. sunderland (Nutfield)
j. shetland (Colonel_K)
k. de havilland (Phlebas)
l. legoland (ylla, Colonel_K)
26. LOST CITY OF Z (Although doesn’t match the spacing rules for obvious reasons!)
30. GOLIATH BIRDEATER
11. THE TALLEST STRUCTURE IN SOUTH AMERICA
9. GIANT OTTER
5. MAPLE WHITE LAND
1. JAKE HIGGINS? https://greenhell-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Jake_Higgins
21. FORDLANDIA
12. KAMBU RITUAL
17. CORONEL CHURCH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronel_Church
17. CORONEL CHURCH (Train)
20. FESTIVE PARROT
28. NAPOLEON CHAGNON
32. DUST FROM THE …BDL… DEPRESSION
Apparently Saharan dust is a major source of micronutrients – 20 million tonnes per year!
ETA: Bodélé
BODELE, with accents I can’t write
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bod%C3%A9l%C3%A9_Depression
24. MERCURY POLLUTION
14. JENNIFER LOPEZ AND ICE CUBE
33. THE BACARDI GROUP
18. ROGER CASEMENT
6. ILLEGAL LOGGING
6. ILLEGAL LOGGING (That was rather hard!)
Dammit, if i hadn’t have typed it was hard, it might have been quicker!
2. PIED TAMARIN
3. RUBBER BOOM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_rubber_cycle
4. CHUNCHO MACAW CLAY LICK
8. UNCONTACTED TRIBE
25. AGATHENA EMPORER
10. HOATZIN – bird
8. UNCONTACTED TRIBE
4. ends in MACAW CLAY LICK
31. Something like Palm Oil Paint Tin :p
Ah! Maybe PALM OIL PLANTATION missing the second L
I was thinking Palm Plantation earlier with the L and P swapped, but then noticed it was to be three words
19. INDIAN ERADICATION?
15. RIO NEGRO – known as Guainía in its upper reaches, is the largest left tributary of the Amazon
23 PEDRO TEXEIRA
29. BROMELIAD
Not an answer, but should’ve been: FLODA ?
… from the game ‘Flight of the Amazon Queen’, available as freeware to be run through the ScummVM emulator:
https://www.scummvm.org/games/
A point & click adventure in the style of LucasArts with the voice of Penelope Keith as one character – recommended.
7. CREEPER?
feels a bit too generic but might as well mention it just in case.
Remaining (e&oe):
7. CRPR – CREEPER ?
13. CTRST
16. S LVN
22. RPM
27. PRRC
27. PIRARUCU – aka arapaima or paiche is any large species of bonytongue in the genus Arapaima native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America.
Hang on!
ARAPAIMA fits 22. Same fish, two answers ?!
16. SOUL VINE – Banisteriopsis caapi, also known as, caapi, soul vine, or yagé (yage), is a South American liana of the family Malpighiaceae. It is commonly used as an ingredient of ayahuasca
13. ECOTOURIST – feels like an archaic word already for some reason
Just some doubts over 7. CRPR – CREEPER ? remaining.