Fairground Disappointment

Question

This Welsh town's northern fair is, after all, very backward: firstly popcorn with lemon; secondly, bloody agility swings; finally, scary clown going away without starting. All agog, very chewy outer layers right now. Selling wares from wardrobes: two ewes, four fifties, inner pants. Outwardly yes, but inward leaping indignation ordered first, and the command to advance was primarily cack-handed.

The answer is one word. (This is inspired by something else, but I'll add a link later; it's enigmatic-puzzle for now.)

Knew this was bound to happen, what with the rot13(uhzhuhzhahxhahxhnchn'n) clue! :P I love this — oAlt, May 27 '20 at 06:32

shoover · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-27T06:18:25.517

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The answer is

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, which is the name of a town in northern Wales.

Because

"Northern fair" = NFAIR, after "all" very backward = LLA, so LLANFAIR so far. "Firstly popcorn with lemon" = PWL. "Secondly bloody agility swings" = LGW. "Finally scary clown going away" = YNGY, so LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGY so far. "without starting all agog very" = LLGOGERY. "chewy outer layers" = CHWY. "right now" = RN. "Selling wares from wardrobes" = DROB. "two ewes" = "double u" = W. "four fifties" = LLLL. "inner pants" = ANT. We've got LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANT so far. Outwardly yes = YS. ("but" is not used.) "inward leaping indignation ordered first" = ILIO. ("and" is not used.) "the command to advance" = GOGOGO. "was primarily cack-handed" = CH. Put it all together to get LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH.

edited May 27 '20 at 06:18

answered May 27 '20 at 06:16

shoover

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Aw, just beat me to it as I was writing up the explanation. (You may want to explain what this actually is, too -- you don't mention it in your answer.) – Deusovi May 27 '20 at 06:17
@Deusovi That's the first sentence of my "Because". I can edit to make it clearer. – shoover May 27 '20 at 06:17
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Oh, sorry -- by "this" I mean the type of puzzle. – Deusovi May 27 '20 at 06:30
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Correct! Link to inspiration. – Rand al'Thor May 27 '20 at 06:31
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I suppose the next one would have to be Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg... – Darrel Hoffman May 27 '20 at 16:28
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@DarrelHoffman ...as a "hidden word" clue :P – Jafe May 28 '20 at 04:40

Fairground Disappointment

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