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 cluster foxer themes:
words beginning with ‘tyr’ (defoxed by Colonel_K)
a1. tyro (Phlebas)
b1. tyrolean traverse (Colonel_K)
b2. tyrrell hatton (Colonel_K)
c1. tyrone (Colonel_K)
c2. tyrant (copperbottom)
london football grounds (defoxed by Phlebas)
d1. the den (Phlebas)
e1. highbury (Mrs Nutfield)
e2. craven cottage (copperbottom)
e3. boleyn ground (Mrs Nutfield)
e4. brisbane road (Zwack23)
the m62 coach bombing (defoxed by Colonel_K)
a2. m-62 (Nutfield, Mrs Nutfield)
a3. haughton family (Aergistal)
b3. judith ward (a_monk)
c3. 4 feb, 1974 (Aergistal)
a4. hartshead moor service station (Phlebas)
leith (defoxed by Nutfield)
d2. anthony gormley’s 6 times (Nutfield)
d3. ss explorer (Zwack23)
d4. royal yacht britannia (Colonel_K)
d5. fingal hotel (a_monk)
e5. mount pelham (Colonel_K)
project coldfeet (defoxed by copperbottom)
a5. drifting ice station (Phlebas)
b4. fulton surface-to-air recovery system (copperbottom)
b5. cold feet (Mrs Nutfield)
c4. vat 69 (Zwack23, Colonel_K)
c5. b-17 (Phlebas)
J3 – TIBET
D5 – KOWLOON
M1. TEA
or even TEAPOT
A2 MACAO
J1. ORBIT /-ER
Else H5. ONE
i1. TWO
B2. THREE
m7 DEATH
g1 PALACE or d2 CIGAR
K9 UNDEATH is also an option
B2 – THEODIN – Is the link, actors i met whilst working on the Fable franchise :p.
J8. FOUNTAIN
neatly abuts Death
Trying to use the Z at i11 gives an options out of:
BOZO, ZOOL (amiga game)
i3. SWEET
A2. MORELLO = cherries, but leaves horrendous consonants to the right
ETA: K1. ROWNTREE – though takes W from Sweet
G5 – CHOCOLADE, which is Dutch for chocolate. A bit of a stretch, though.
DEATH BY …
C6 – LINDT. Sweet manufacturers? or just Chocolate, which ties in teapot and fountain.
Ok, pretty sure it is chocolate, as M7 is DEATH BY
and M1. TEAPOT
M1 could be TEAPOT but it clashes with Death By
up and to the left
Ah yeah, means Rowntree is probably wrong
F5 – MILK?
Yep! B2 – THEOBROMA CACAO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobroma_cacao
B8 – LINDT
At some point i’ll get one someone hasn’t today…
To be fair, I went for LINDT starting at C6, which clashes with BOURNVILLE so yours is right.
i9. BOURNVILLE
ETA: G10. WILLY ?
Yep, was literally about to type it, ffs :p
More seriously, G12. IVORY COAST
G10 WILLY WONKA
F8 – BLOOM
P10 – POZOL? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozol
L1 – BROWNIE
J5 – ENROBE or ENROBER
G1 – PETER
F1 – ALGIER
No idea why :p
I’m wondering if Chocolade is the problem, it makes the remainder a bit stuck?
Yes, H4 could be CONCHE, which rules out chocolade and clears some space.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conching
G4 EK CHUAH, Thanks Roman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ek_Chuah
I3 – SOLDIER
Well, i’ve got Gala and Peter left:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%27s_Chocolate
E2…