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 Texas’ (‘things’ is used in its broadest possible sense). Entries have been stripped of vowels and, where possible, have had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For example, if ‘yellow rose’ was present it might appear as YL LWRS. Dallas would be DLLS.
* 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. LP S
2. P PRSHL
3. FR DCK
4. SSGRN DCMP
5. ZPTBLD DRPD
6. MSSM NSTN GLY
7. LCSGS HR
8. KC KPWHS TLDSPCH
9. M RCSFR STDR VNRS TRNT
10. NGHT YTHS NDD LLRBL LT
11. THB LC KY DPC PTLFT HW RL D
12. LTHRFC
13. RNC HWTR
14. STTSN
15. JT TRNK
16. T HBLG HST
17. WC
18. CHR LSHRDNHLL Y
19. PRTFC MNC HR
20. STRC KLNDPRPN
21. THN V NTRFLQ DP PR
22. NN DFT HGD NGH TL VNGT RL
23. CNNBR
24. PCNCF F
25. DSF TWR
26. RPH NWLL
27. THGR S SYKNLL
28. RB TTHHST NST RSMS CT
29. GLDMS SCR
30. M SSL LWNG
31. LG NSR NFLMNGLC TNS
32. RMDLLRS PC
33. WR LDSLRGSTGN GRB RDHS
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SOLUTIONS
a1. atlas vertebra (copperbottom)
a2. a man was lynched yesterday flag (copperbottom)
a3. astrid lindgren’s world (Aergistal)
a4. austrian federal railways (Aergistal)
a5. an/aps-20 (Colonel_K)
b1. aviation safety (copperbottom)
b2. antioch chalice (Zwack23)
b3. asphalt concrete (Colonel_K)
b4. anagram (copperbottom)
b5. auditorio de tenerife (Colonel_K)
c1. arabian ostrich (Colonel_K)
c2. alvin york (AbyssUK)
c3. annona (Colonel_K)
c4. agatha christie (Aergistal)
c5. arachne (Colonel_K)
d1. appalachian dulcimer (AbyssUK)
d2. alpine a522 (AbyssUK)
d3. african union (AbyssUK)
d4. auto polo (AbyssUK)
d5. amedeo modigliani (Phlebas)
e1. azulejo (Colonel_K)
e2. agonistic behaviour (copperbottom)
e3. apollo 15 postal covers incident (zwack23)
e4. axeman of new orleans (Colonel_K)
e5. aryabhata satellite (Colonel_K)
33. World’s largest gingerbread house
32. Armadillo Aerospace
29. Goliad massacre
28 Orbit the Houston Stars mascot
30 Miss Ellie Ewing
31 Logan’s run filming locations
18. CHARLES HARDIN HOLLEY = Buddy Holly
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20. STRICKLAND PROPANE – from King of the Hill
21. THE INVENTOR OF LIQUID PAPER
22. ONE END OF THE GOODNIGHT-LOVING TRAIL
23. CINNABAR – from which the metal mercury is extracted
19. (PRT) OF COMANCHERO ? – port/part ? – 18th- and 19th-century traders in Comanche territory
19. Part of Comancheria = Comanche Land – historic region covering modern New Mexico, West Texas, and nearby areas that was occupied by the Comanche before the 1860s
11. THE BLACK EYED PEA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
13. RANCH WATER
14. STETSON
17. WACO
Ahem…’ALL’ the vowels removed?
9. AM RCSFR STDR VNRS TRNT
9. A AMERICA’S FIRST DRIVE IN RESTAURANT? 🙂
I see someone has craftily removed the A post comment…. Fake News!
3. FRIED COOKIE ?
3. FRIED COKE …much more Texas…
12. LEATHERFACE
16. THE BLUE GHOST – USS Lexington
26. ORPHAN WELL – Abandoned oil well
24. PECAN COFFEE
4 – SS GRANDCAMP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster
5. ZAPATA BLADDERPOD = Physaria thamnophila, a rare species of flowering plant in the mustard family
8. KICKAPOO WHISTLED SPEECH
I’m just now learning who the Kickapoo are/were / where Kickapoo is. I only know it as a shade of paint from the late eighties – probably Dulux, purplish if I recall.
Remaining (e&oe):
1. LP S
2. P PRSHL
6. MSSM NSTN GLY
7. LCSGS HR
10. NGHT YTHS NDD LLRBL LT
15. JT TRNK
25. DSF TWR
27. THGR S SYKNLL