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.
Roman is feeling nostalgic. ID the collage theme and explain the presence of all eighteen components to complete the defox.
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SOLUTIONS
last week’s ‘33 Things Wot Happen or Happened in December’ answers:
1. WR NDY – wren day (AbyssUK)
2. STRNL – saturnalia (Zwack23)
3. SN KNGFT HSCHRNHR ST – sinking of the scharnhorst (Nutfield)
4. SNTRKLSVND – sinterklaasavond (AbyssUK)
5. PR MRFCLC KW R KRNG – premier of a clockwork orange (AbyssUK)
6. SVTNNN VD SFG HNSTN – soviet union invades afghanistan (Colonel_K)
7. SRTX TRR DNRDN VDD – sorteo extraordinario de navidad (Colonel_K)
8. NT RNTNLN TCRR PTNDY – international anti-corruption day (AbyssUK)
9. DNG ZHFSTVL – dongzhi festival (Zwack23)
10. PRT NJSTC SBGN S – operation just cause begins(AbyssUK)
11. RTNVY GRCRC MNVGTST HRT HWTHTR FL LNG – rutan voyager circumnavigates the earth without refuelling (copperbottom)
12. SSH R – susu-harai
13. LSNFR NTS – els enfarinats
14. P TRPNC P – peter pan cup (Nutfield)
15. CLPLYTC HNQMS SCR – ecole polytechnique massacre (Colonel_K)
16. FTDLS C LD – fête de l’escalade
17. KNYG NSNDP NDNC – kenya gains independence
18. LQMD LD BL – la quema del diablo (Colonel_K)
19. RMN NRVLT NBGNS – romanian revolution begins (Zwack23, Colonel_K)
20. FR STHM NHRTTR NSPLNTPRF RMD – first human heart transplant performed (Nutfield)
21. FVGR MMNV NG RSDSP PRV RTHBR MDTRN GL – five grumman avengers disappear over the bermuda triangle (Nutfield)
22. DL KSP P RNTLV SNFRT HFR STT M – daleks appear on television for the first time (Nutfield)
23. PRDSPR G – pride’s purge
24. XNNCD NT – xian incident (Colonel_K)
25. SP RMCDS – supermac dies (Colonel_K)
26. CHR STMSTRC – christmas truce (Zwack23)
27. CP TNMR CDBTS – captain america debuts (Colonel_K)
28. DCMB RSTRVLT – decemberist revolt (Colonel_K)
29. BST NTPR TY – boston tea party (Colonel_K)
30. BR CPLYT HRFR STMT CH – barca play their first match (Colonel_K)
31. SSS SNTNFJ HNLN NN – assassination of john lennon (Colonel_K)
32. SN GN GFT HNT PHNS – singing of the o antiphons (Colonel_K)
33. RP LNL NC HDFR MNRS HPF RT HFR STTM – aeroplane launched from an airship for the first time (Nutfield)
The chap with the lightbulb on his head looks like the time-travelling protagonist of Hamlet or the Last Game without MMORPG Features, Shaders and Product Placement.
GRAIL KNIGHT from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Hasbro figurine of
Bottom left – DROOPY, MASTER DETECTIVE
Train stamp is the Centenary of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in 1982:
https://therainkey.com/shop/postage-stamps/stamp-india/india-stamps-post-independence/india-stamp-1982-centenary-of-darjeeling-himalayan-railway-2-85r-stamp/
Top Left – TAIL PIECE by Joan Miro – https://www.moma.org/collection/works/28950
Hand holding 3 arrows is the CLAN BRODIE crest – https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSr73aa33rP98XE4xzqF_ZgWKvW-p_qnZ6BXA&s
The Darjeeling Limited had Adrien Brody (spelt wrong) in it 🙂