The Foxer

Below is a list of “33 things wot are rare”. Entries have been stripped of vowels and numbers and had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For example, if Inverted Jennies was present it might appear as NVR TDJNNS. Supercentenarians would be SPRCNTNRNS. *Hyphens are treated as spaces. Apostrophes are ignored.   1. PNL YGYB SHPS 2. WRL […]

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Roman thinks you’re ready for Rithmetic Foxers. Below are three equations disguised as picture sequences. Each pic represents a number (For example a photo of The Flying Scotsman might signify 4472, 462, or 3). It’s your job to identify the mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division) indicated by the lettered squares. The BIDMAS rule […]

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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 previous ones: sheep, mazes, earthquakes, and The 39 Steps). Identifying the theme is a vital part of the defoxing process. Today’s puzzle is made […]

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To fully defox the following enlargeable geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them.   * * *   SOLUTIONS Last week’s cluster foxer Armadillos (GrouchoMerckx) a1. Armadillo AFV (unacom) b1. Leprosy museum, Bergen (Gusdownnup, ylla, mrpier) c1. Grenada (ylla) b2. Armadillo Aerospace’s founder, John Carmack (Syt) b3. Charango (GrouchoMerckx) Words beginning […]

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The 25 pictures in a cluster foxer are arranged in 5 discretely/discreetly themed clusters. Pictures in a particular cluster must be cardinally contiguous to be valid. For example, a1, b1, c1, d1, d2 is a possible cluster, unlike a2, b2, c2, d2, e3. To fully defox today’s enlargeable puzzle identify the themes and constituent images […]

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Below is a list of ‘30 things wot you might find in Denmark’. Entries have been stripped of vowels and numbers and had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For example, if The Little Mermaid was present it might appear as THLT TLMR MD. Hamlet would be HMLT. *Hyphens are treated as spaces. Apostrophes are ignored.   […]

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To fully defox the following enlargeable geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them.   * * * SOLUTIONS Last week’s wordchain: 1. MASTABA (Electric Dragon, phlebas) 2. BARBICAN (Electric Dragon) 3. ANOSMIA (Gothnak) 4. MIAMI (phlebas, Gothnak) 5. MIZZEN (ylla) 6. ENDURANCE (Gusdownnup) 7. CEP (Gothnak, ylla) 8. EPHESUS (unacom) 9. […]

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To completely defox today’s word chain you’ll need to provide Roman, my Chief Foxer Setter, with the sequence of 24 words suggested by the clues below.   A word can be any length and is linked to the next word in the chain by its last two or three letters. For instance ‘honeysuckle’ might be […]

The Foxer

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 previous ones: sheep, mazes, earthquakes, and The 39 Steps). Identifying the theme is a vital part of the defoxing process. Today’s puzzle is made […]