Clue Answers
At a dead end? On this page are the answers for each clue. Try your best not to use them, though, detective!
Note: The answers below are for Version 2.0.0-2.0.1. If your trail is an earlier version (1.4.1 or lower), click here to see the answers for your trail.
Answers
Clue 1
- Gluttony
Clue 2
- Ruary (missing letters from February)
Clue 3
The letters along the loose tape spells ‘…marker shape between a dozen Roman numerals’.
So the answer is…
- Stake (the star-shaped weapon marker is found between the twelve Roman numerals on the astronomical clock)
Clue 4
- Cobra. To hear the suspect’s recorded statement, go to killertrails.co.uk/cordoba.
Clue 5
- Rifle (Earth is an anagram of Heart. The rifle has the heart-shaped weapon marker)
Clue 6
- Grasshopper
Clue 7
- Poison (cross-shaped weapon marker)
Clue 8
- The correct letters from the back four stones benches spells “IN HINT NINETEEN”. Within this hint is a message from Arnold Executor (AKA Exec). The answer is Exec.
Clue 9
- Mice (found inside Vlad Vermicelli’s name)
Clue 10
- Between ‘Pluto’ and ‘Aesculapius’ is the word ‘Underworld’
Clue 11
- Barrel
Clue 12
The scribbled-out letters on the cassette tape’s box in the inventory spells “What is the name of the gate”.
So the answer is…
Traitor (Traitor’s Gate below St. Thomas’s Tower)
Clue 13
The grid of letters spiralling inwards reads, “The weapon dangling from an unknown building worker’s belt was not used to commit this crime.” Find the statue of the building worker near the first bus stop along Tower Hill.
So the answer is…
- Hammer
Clue 14
- Revolt
Clue 15
- Maze (synonym of Labyrinth)
Clue 16
- Clyde (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde are the names of the four coloured ghosts in the Pac-Man video game)
Clue 17
From top to bottom, the items in the vampire hunter’s trunk are as follows: wooden mallet, garlic powder, crucifix, candlesticks, holy water, holy bible, wooden stake, silver bullets and pistol.
So the answer is…
Devil (from the message ‘deal with the devil’)
Clue 18
A pangram is a sentence using every letter of the alphabet, the best known being ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’. Above and below the inventory is a similar pangram. Which letters from the pangram do the silver bullets directly point at?
So the answer is…
A pickle
Cryptic Wordsearch
Once you’ve highlighted all your answers in the Cryptic Wordsearch, the remaining tiles spell a sentence, revealing whodunit. Read the tiles from top to bottom, left to right.
See the answer?
ROSE SAW RUSSIAN MUSTARD SHOOT THE HAND GUN.
What is ‘mustard’ in Russian?