Case File: Puddle’s Nine

Locations & Answers


Stuck on a direction or clue? On this page are the what3words locations and clue answers.

what3words locations

Here are the what3words locations to get you on the right path with links to what3words and Google Maps.

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Clue answers

At a dead end? Below are the Double Cross clue table answers. Try your best not to use them, though, detective!

Clue 1

  • Mr Owl (owls make a ‘hoo-hoo’ or ‘who’ noise)

Clue 2

  • Mackerel Square (José Maria de Eça de Queiroz is from Portugal)

Clue 3

  • Hustling (anagram of ‘Sunlight’ from the building’s name Sunlight Chambers)

Clue 4

  • Mr Bee (animal alias sounds like the letter ‘B’)

Clue 5

  • Grand scheme

Clue 6

  • Mr Chameleon (turquoise/green colour mask)

Clue 7

  • Miss Butterfly (Monarch is a species of butterfly)

Clue 8

  • Red-handed (red comes from the end of 8th inscribed word ‘HUNDRED’)

Clue 9

  • Hammer

Clue 10

  • Miss Swan

Clue 11

  • Starburst Studios

Clue 12

  • Mr Hare (the Vampire Rabbit/Hare grotesque!)

Clue 13

  • Mr Dolphin

Clue 14

  • House of the Rising Sun

Clue 15

  • Cop (part of the word Copenhagen just after Rotterdam)

Clue 16

  • A) Mini Cooper
  • B) Ocean’s Eleven
  • C) London
  • D) Ear
  • So the solution is MOLE (using the first letter of each answer)

Clue 17

  • The last words of each line are awoke, curtain, and ducks

    So the answer is…

Clue 18

  • Solved by visiting killertrails.co.uk/bandits. Each artist’s surname is the name for a particular group of animals. Only one of the artist’s surnames matches the name for the group of animals they’ve painted.

  • So the answer is…

    • Murder (a murder of crows)

Terminating Grid

  • The Terminating Grid metapuzzle uses letters from the Double Cross Clue Table answers to spell a sentence, revealing the murderer and weapon. C = Clue, L = Letter. So, for example, C1,L1 = the first letter from Clue 1 = M.

  • Reveal the answer

    • Ms Ewe hung the earl at ///escape.curvy.quest but is no killer!

      Hint: The what3words is in Team Valley Trading Estate. Which implicated location can be found here (read the location descriptions on page 2)?