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The Foxer

Warm-up Foxer (Where am I?)

I'm 30km due north of a whaling station. I can see an orangutan and a chimp. I'm 5km from an international border. The name of this road includes the local word for 'bridge'. I'm in a country that has a lyricless national anthem. The Romans processed fish at a site 1km from here. I'm at the same latitude as the capital of a Middle Eastern proto-state. The speed limit on this section of road is 30kph. There's a strong smell of oil and oil byproducts in this vicinity.

The 127-cell 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 unique theme (some past themes: Harry Potter, gold, postage stamps) Identifying this theme is a vital part of the defoxing process.

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SOLUTIONS

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

Last week's collage foxer theme: geese (defoxed by Gothnak)

a snow goose (phuzz)
b goose step (unsolved)
c emden goose (AbyssUK)
d scania goose (unsolved)
e grumman goose (unsolved)
f toulouse goose (mrpier)
g normandy goose (Shiloh, Gothnak)
h nottingham goose fair (Artiforg)
i shetland goose (unacom, mrpier)
j wild geese (Teek)
k barnacle goose (Rorschach617, unacom, Stugle, Artiforg)
l mother goose (Artiforg, Gothnak)
m golden goose (Artiforg)

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