Clue Answers
At a dead end? On this page are the answers for each clue. Try your best not to use them, though, detective!
Answers
Clue 1
- Gluttony
Clue 2
- Ruary (missing letters from February)
Clue 3
- Buchannon
Clue 4
- Cobra. To hear the recorded statement from the suspect, go to killertrails.co.uk/cordoba.
Clue 5
- Roman numerals in the word CONDITVM are C,D,I,V, and M. The total of these Roman Numerals is 100+500+1+5+1000 = 1606. The answer is rifle.
Clue 6
- Grasshopper
Clue 7
- Poison
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
Clue 10
- Between ‘Pluto’ and ‘Aesculapius’ is the word ‘Underworld’. The word required for the Cryptic Wordsearch is Prince (the 2nd part of Underworld Prince’s name).
Clue 11
- Barrel
Clue 12
- Traitor
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
- Devil
Clue 16
- Maze (synonym of Labyrinth)
Clue 17
- Clyde
Clue 18
- Never
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 bottom to top, right to left i.e. in reverse (afterall, London has turned upside down!).
See the answer?
- ROSE SAW RUSSIAN MUSTARD SHOOT THE HAND GUN.