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The Foxer

Sorry, Combat Mission turn tales have put the mockers on this week's Flare Path. The only Rock, Paper, Shotgun column happy to answer the door in a smoking jacket and fez will return next Friday with a bountiful competition and, possibly, a wargame review. All I can offer today is an invitation to participate in the defence of Caent, and a fiendish word puzzle inspired by the colour green.

Below is a list of 30 Things Wot Are Green (‘things’ is used here in its broadest possible sense). Entries have been stripped of vowels and had any inter-word spaces repositioned. For example, if Robin Hood was present, he might appear as…

R BNHD

Kryptonite would be…

KRYPTNT

1. PST
2. SDR F
3. SLMR
4. LVN
5. RB NTHF RG
6. DST RCTLN
7. D N L
8. MNKPR KT
9. FN GSTHB GYMN
10. BSNTH
11. HKRN NR
12. PC FCVN
13. CR LNLCS
14. CL TCWYK T
15. SRS
16. PR SGRN
17. BRNSL SGR NBCK
18. RN BWWRRR
19. GCML
20. FRWY
21. BDF RDRLHZS LFPRPL LDPMP
22. HLJR DN
23. TRP CHMRLD
24. FL GFS DR B
25. SH TSFRC VRY
26. PR NTDCR CTBRD
27. YD
28. RS HP STBX
29. PLN TXPR SSSHP
30. GV

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SOLUTIONS

Last week's warm-up foxer: I was here (defoxed by Gusdownnup)

Last week's collage foxer theme: Raymond Chandler (defoxed by AFKAMC)

foxerMay11sol

a. Goldfish Club badge (Gothnak)
b. Vimy Memorial (Gothnak)
c. Farewell Spit lighthouse (Gusdownnup)
d. Mi-34 Hermit (AFKAMC)
e. Nimue (Gothnak)
f. From Sleep by Salvador Dali (Gothnak)
g. Tim Downie (Gothnak)
h. Candle (mrpier)
i. HMS Westminster (Stugle)
j. Little Sister (Artiforg)
k. M.A.S.K. logo (mrpier)
l. Black Dahlia disc
m. Pearl Buck (Gusdownnup)

 

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