Clue Answers
At a dead end? On this page are the answers for each clue. Try your best not to use them, though, detective!
Please note: The answers below are for Version 2.1.0 and beyond. If your trail version is 2.0.0-2.0.1, click here. If you trail version is 1.4.1 or lower, click here.
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
The grid of letters spiralling inwards reads, “Remove the weapon with the marker shape which tags the wings of four dragons sat atop corners.”
So the answer is…
Poison (cross-shaped weapon marker on the dragons’ wings)
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 spell “A trio of what adorns the gate”
So the answer is…
Skulls (above the entrance gate to St. Olave’s Church)
Clue 13
- Revolt
Clue 14
- Fangs (purple rain drop weapon marker)
Clue 15
- Clyde (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde are the names of the four coloured ghosts in the Pac-Man video game)
Clue 16
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 17
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 WATCHED RUSSIAN MUSTARD FIRE THE HAND GUN.
What is ‘mustard’ in Russian?