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
Last week’s ‘33 Things Wot You Might Find In, On, Or Attached To An Ocean Liner Or Cruise Ship’ missing vowels foxer:
1. CP TNCLM – captain calamai (Phlebas)
2. WNTRGR DN – winter garden (ylla)
3. DG SSNGCBL – degaussing cable (ylla)
4. NFN TYPL – infinity pool (ylla)
5. GLD NCCKRL – golden cockerel (Colonel_K)
6. T HD CKST – the duck suite (Colonel_K)
7. CHR YSLRNRSMN – chrysler norseman (ylla)
8. MS TRWN TNDMS TRKD D – mister wint and mister kidd (Colonel_K)
9. STRNTHRS TR – stern thruster (ylla)
10. GNVVMS FLD – genevieve masefield (Phlebas)
11. THSH D WFT HGL DNG TBRD G – the shadow of the golden gate bridge (Phlebas)
12. PLNTRM – planetarium (ylla)
13. DC TRDMBR CKR – doctor adam bricker (Phlebas)
14. BTT P – boot-top
15. LNKLNGH FFR – leon klinghoffer (Phlebas)
16. DZ ZLCMFLG – dazzle camouflage (ylla)
17. HN KLHT WLVM LPLN – heinkel he twelve mail plane (Colonel_K)
18. QT – quoit (Colonel_K)
19. LT TLNR WYN DL TTLN RW Y – little norway i and little norway ii (Colonel_K)
20. DMN CCMRTN – dominica cemortan (Phlebas)
21. DGKNN LS – dog kennels (ylla)
22. T HB WFT HPY TRVS V – the bow of the pyotr vasev (ylla)
23. RF LRNG – rifle range (Phlebas)
24. TKP R MNDDCK – teak promenade deck (Phlebas)
25. WRG HTFLYR – wright flyer (Phlebas)
26. BRR WNGWL – burrowing owl (ylla)
27. BRWRY – brewery (ylla)
28. DM GCS DB YR GWV – damage caused by rogue wave (ylla)
29. HWLYHR VYCR PPN – hawley harvey crippen (Phlebas)
30. KNGN PTNCRM NY – king neptune ceremony (Colonel_K)
31. DDHM PBC KWHL – dead humpback whale (Colonel_K)
32. LT MTBYS SSLD – ultimate abyss slide (Colonel_K)
33. CL LPSBLNGL HRDTL FBTD – collapsible engelhardt lifeboat d (ylla)
My kid’s tv senses are tingling…
J10 – YAFFLE? ( Professor from Bagpuss, who was a woodpecker made of wood?)
L1 – BAMBI?
F1 – WIZARD
K1 – WELSH
Could be WELSH WIZARD
F8 – MORTIS (No idea where i’m going with this!)
J2 – WINNIE (Both he and Yaffle were toys that came to life?)
M6. ROYAL OAK (adjoins Yaffle)
ETA: Oops! No. It steals the A from Yaffle.
That’s the Duke of Grafton
J3 – JIM (From Rosie and Jim?) Clutching at straws
F6 – SUNNY JIM
G10 – SQUIRE
With the welsh wizard, could be Arthurian legends?
Prime Minister’s Nicknames?
Welsh Wizard = David Lloyd George
L5. BoJo
Sunny Jim = James Callaghan
ETA: L1. BAMBI = Tony Blair IIRC
J2 WINNIE, too.
A2 INCREDIBLE
INCREDIBLE SULK?
E2 – IRON LADY
2 word nicknames?
Welsh Wizard
Sunny Jim
Iron Lady?
E2. IRON LADY = Mrs T
J7 – BLUESTRING
Colonel K is correct
K4 – THE CLOWN (Any PM imo)
BOJO THE CLOWN to be more accurate
F6 – SUPERMAC
G10 – SQUIFFY
E11 – LITTLE P
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom
Should be SIR BLUESTRING = Robert Walpole
I7 – SIR BLUESTRING (Added to my one above)
C3 – GOM
F9 – ORANGE PEEL
F11 – CORONER
I think that’s it?
Summing up: Prime Minister’s Nicknames
K1. Welsh Wizard = David Lloyd George
C3. GOM, acronym for Grand Old Man / God’s Only Mistake = William Gladstone
A2. Incredible Sulk = Edward Heath
E2. Iron Lady = Mrs Thatcher
J2. Winnie = Churchill
F6. Sunny Jim = James Callaghan
L1. Bambi = Tony Blair IIRC
L5. BoJo the Clown = Boris Johnson
M6. Royal Oak = Duke of Grafton
i7. Sir Bluestring = Robert Walpole
F6. Supermac = Harold Macmillan
G10. Squiffy = Asquith
F9. Orange Peel = Robert Peel
F11. Coroner = Neville Chamberlain
E11. Little P = Spencer Perceval
No room for: The Zany of Debate, George II’s Favourite Nonentity, The Turf Macaroni, or Human hand grenade
ETA: Just noticed the preamble does give how many answers to expect; I make it 15.