Case File: The Illumin-Arty Exposed

Hint #2 & Answers

Stuck on a clue? On this page are the second hints and answers for each clue.

Hint #2

Here are some additional hints to get you on the right path.

Clue 1
  • ‘10’ is the two-digit number. The underlined words say, ‘spell the number backwards’. What is ten spelt backwards? Remove this weapon from your inquiries.

Clue 2
  • The inscription’s second word is stone.

    • Is your trail’s version number 1.0.1 or below?
    • The sculpture required for solving Clue 2 has been temporarily removed due to renovation works. Below is a picture of the sculpture.

      • St. Ives trail: Clue 2 sculpture and plaque

Clue 3
  • The numbers on the datestone are 1, 0, 5, and 9. Draw straight lines between these numbers on the Alphanumeric Jumble in your inventory to create a loop. The intersected letters spell the first name of an innocent suspect. Remove them from your inquiries.

Clue 4
  • The arrows for the first word, ‘orporation’ indicate drawing two spaces to the left. Continue, following the directions for all of the words in the table. The order of the words is: orporation, re enabled, effect, widening, through, gift, land, Fenwick, Richards, erection, wall, gateway, Edward, Hain. Complete the sequence to reveal the first name of an innocent suspect. Remove them from your inquiries.

Clue 5
  • The door is green. What two primary colours mix to make green? One of the weapon’s markers contains these two colours. Remove this weapon from your inquiries.

Clue 6
  • Find the plaque titled “The ‘Cintra’ Anchor”. The numbers written as words on this plaque are one, four, two, seven, twelve and five. A weapon marker’s shape has the same number of sides as the answer to the sum. Remove this weapon from your inquiries.

Clue 7

  • The shape of the large stone leaning against the front of the St. Ives Museum is a circle. The blue circle in the Alphanumeric Jumble intersects letters that spell an innocent suspect’s first name.

    Factoid: This stone is thought to have been used for pressing pilchards. This was a way of extracting the oils and preparing the fish for storage.

Clue 8
  • On page 6’s map, draw lines to connect the compass’s origin with the letters around the map’s edge using the bearings on the nearby sign. The bearings are 38°, 64°, 120°, 135°, 147°, 159° and 188°. The letters intersected spell a weapon you can remove from your investigation.

Clue 9
  • The inscription required is to the right of the chapel’s entrance. Its first line reads ‘This ancient chapel of St Nicholas’. Use the lines, words and letters on the inscription to spell an eleven-letter phrase, suggesting a weapon you can remove. L2W3L1 = Line2 Word3 Letter1 = S.

Clue 10
  • Two numbers are the same, and the other is above the red door. Only count the segments within the semicircular sections of the windows. The number of segments will give you three odd digits required for the following clue.

Clue 11
  • Stand in the middle of the circular entrance and look up. How many panes of glass does the window above have? The five digits you should have collected from clues 10 and 11 are 3, 7, 3, 1, 2. Convert these numbers into Roman Numerals using the pencil in your inventory on page 5, which are 3 = III, 7 = VII, 3 = III, 1 = I and 2 = II. Identify and pair the top and bottom halves of the correct Roman numerals in the Coordinate Letters grid in your inventory. This grid reveals a five-letter word jumble of an innocent suspect’s first name.

Clue 12
  • With your back to the chapel, approximately 10m away, spot the distinctive bronze plaque in the shape of an artist’s palette. The inscription on the palette reveals the studio’s name, which is a colour.

Clue 13
  • Find the avian wall plinth along the passage. The bird is holding a small rodent in its talons. The three letters that spell the answer are the same as the initials of an innocent suspect.

Clue 14
  • The plaque required starts with ‘This tablet was erected by Alderman WM Craze’. There are nine members of the lifeboat crew inscribed on the plaque. Draw straight lines between the first and last names to cross out letters not required. For example, the line between John and Stych crosses out an ‘A’. The remaining letters spell an eight-letter art-related secret word. Go to the URL www.killertrails.co.uk/[the secret word] to reveal an image of an innocent suspect. The suspect in the painting is innocent and can be removed from the case.

Clue 15
  • To solve this clue, you must visit bit.ly/impulse-paints. Use the online colour chart to identify the paint colours named after movies. All eight movies contain a colour within their title. Once you’ve completed the list, the highlighted letters spell a secret 11-letter word.

Clue 16
  • The colours of the rose match the colours in the paint palette, each containing a letter. The order of the letters is indicated by the numbers displayed on the rose.

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 = N.

Answers

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

Clue 1
  • Net (ten backwards)

Clue 2
  • Captain Argh Tide

Clue 3
  • Sandy Peacehol

Clue 4
  • Cod Father

Clue 5
  • Paint

Clue 6
  • Club

Clue 7
  • Blunder A Tall

Clue 8
  • Blotter

Clue 9

  • The letters spell: SKULL N BONES.

    So the answer is…
    • Turpentine

Clue 10
  • 373

Clue 11
  • Nelly Buckanon

Clue 12
  • Shotgun

Clue 13
  • Raphael Alf Tate

Clue 14

  • The remaining letters spell ‘portrait’. To solve this clue, you must go to killertrails.co.uk/portrait.

    So the answer is…
    • Salmon Cowell

Clue 15
  • Conspirator

Clue 16
  • Plasticine

Terminating Grid

  • Are you sure?
    • The killer dons shades (i.e. sunglasses). The weapon is red moon.