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The Foxer

Below is a list of ‘30 things wot are, or were, dangerous’ (‘things’ is used in its broadest possible sense). Entries have been stripped of vowels and had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For example, if SAN ANDREAS FAULT was present it might appear as SNN DRSF LT. Anthrax would be NTHRX.

*Hyphens are treated as spaces.

 

1. TRNSR FNG
2. HR LDSHPMN
3. DSH
4. SMRTMT RWYS
5. JNGSH
6. S LFM NT T
7.  TMBM BFT TDWTHN THND LNGD VC
8. NNCTNDS
9. NLCR CDL
10. ZNR G

11. DLS
12. RNN NGWTHSCS SRS
13. RPCRR NT
14. BL
15. GBR C R
16. RS SNRLTT
17. TRTCSPH YXTN
18. SV NSTN SRF
19. CB NMSS LCRSS
20. LTT LKNWL DG

21. NNPRN
22. BL CKC
23. RVNHLM
24. CLM TCHN GDNL
25. MC KYNDML LRYK NX
26. THRMN
27. SP CLXC TVFRCN TRNTLLG NCTRRRS MRV NGN DXT RTN
28. SWS P
29. NVSTG VJRN LSMNR SS
30. GN GVRN GRF LL SNB R RL

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SOLUTIONS

Last week's cluster foxer:

Fictional/mythical stones (a_monk)
a1. Blake Stone (phlebas)
a2. Toadstone (unacom, Rorschach617)
a3. Moonstone (ylla)
a4. Lyngurium (Rorschach617)
a5. Weirdstone (phlebas)

Washing clothes (phuzz)
b1. Washerwoman (Artiforg)
c1. Washing machine (AFKAMC)
d1. Siegfried Line (Rorschach617)
c2. The Magdalene Laundries (mrpier, ylla)
c3. Mangle (phlebas)

Gordons (ylla, phlebas)
e1. Gordon Riots (phlebas)
d2. Gordon SMG (phlebas)
e2. Gordon-Keeble (phuzz)
d3. Gordon Highlanders (Stugle)
d4. Gordon Sumner (phlebas)

Paul Gardner Allen (Dr. Breen)
b2. Vulcan Inc. (Gothnak)
b3. Seattle Seahawks (Gothnak)
b4. Octopus megayacht (Gothnak, ylla)
c4. Stratolaunch (phuzz)
b5. HMS Hood's bell (Gothnak)

Sixes (ylla)
e3. Tortoise tank - six made (Rorschach617)
e4. Six Feet Under (Gusdownnup)
c5. Sixth day (ylla, Dr. Breen)
d5. Six-Day War (Gusdownnup)
e5. Garfield Sobers - six sixes in an over (GrouchoMerckx)

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