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The Foxer

Every year in the UK...

15 people are trampled to death by cows
3 cows are trampled to death by people
6 rabbits give celibacy a try
1 mouse drowns in a glass of port
18 snails purchase home insurance
712 butterflies self-harm

Below is a list of '25 Things That You Might Find in a Sewer or Storm Drain' (‘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 ‘Joseph Bazalgette’ was present, he might appear as…

JSPHBZ LGTT

Methane would be…

MTHN

The last three entries in the list – those marked with asterisks – are especially fiendish. Not only are they vowel-less, they have also been anagrammed.

1. LN DNNDR GRNDMSQT
2. T
3. RBNXP LRR
4. CR LRD
5. TYGH
6. NDYDF RSN
7. BLCKWTR
8. PR TLVCM
9. LTNN TZDR
10. B LDCR G
11. THNYLSTRDL
12. MSM
13. MSTRS PLNTR
14. MNCP R
15. KYLKT RN
16. CLCN
17. JHNHLLNG SHD
18. NSPC TNRBT
19. JNVL JN
20. B LCKSWN
21. FLPNK
22. GNBLG RND
23. RSHT*
24. RD*
25. GBTFR*

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The theme of last week's hive foxer was correctly identified by phlebas but many of the component words remain foxy.

VIANDEN CASTLE (Shiloh)
PATTON (Shiloh)
DUCHY (phlebas)
RADIO (Stugle)

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