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 2.1.0 and beyond. If your trail is an earlier version (1.2.5 or lower), click here to see the answers for your trail.
Answers
Clue 1
- Terri
Clue 2
- Removing ‘CIA SKE’ from FELICIA SKENE = FELINE. A feline is the key ingredient of the Revelation Elixir. This potion’s symbol is a bone which pairs with the wand. Remove the wand from your inquiries.
Clue 3
- Six columns support the pediment. So, the correct playing card on page 1’s polaroid is the six of hearts. The flail’s symbol is a heart. Remove this weapon from your inquiries.
Clue 4
- Queen of Spades
Clue 5
- Hatter (suspect #7)
Clue 6
- Stag
Clue 7
- Therianthropini
Clue 8
- The most westerly word in ALL CAPS is AIR. The potion with air in its title is ‘Vanish Into Air’. This potion’s symbol pairs with the catapult weapon. Remove this weapon from your inquiries.
Clue 9
There are seven sweets on the inventory page, each of which is a colour of the rainbow. The letters R, O, Y, G, B, I, and V within the clue in various sequences represent the colours of the rainbow (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet).
If you mentally draw between the sweets following the sequences, they’ll spell seven letters. For example, G>O>R>B>V>Y would draw the letter āGā.
The letters to draw are…
- Grove St
The answer is…
Maggie (Magpie Lane was formerly named Grove Street. Magpie is one letter different than Maggie)
Note: If your trail version number is 2.1.0ā2.1.2, the word you draw is Magpie, and the answer is Mauve (rhymes with Grove).
Clue 10
- Sword
Clue 11
- Monti
Clue 12
The riddle says, “I’m sometimes found on a treetop, but I’m not a bird. I also guard a higher-up gate. But today, I’m reading a book’s every word. What am I?”
The answer is…
- Angel
Clue 13
- Axe
Clue 14
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The answer is…
- Dog
Clue 15
- Imposter
Clue 16
- Magic
Clue 17
- Wardrobe
Clue 18
- Gollum
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 left to right, top to bottom.
See the answer?
- IT WAS THE ONCE-VOLE-NOW-DOG WITH A GOBLET.