Case File: The Galleries of Injustice

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
  • Fish hook (1848 in Roman numerals)

Clue 2

  • If you don’t read the bold red letters, the riddle says, “What has hands with no arms and a face with no eyes? Look for an object around the junction that could answer this riddle.

    So the answer is…
    • Clock

Clue 3

  • If you follow the threads from shape to shape in ascending order by number of sides (with one thread being on page 2!), the full message reads:

    Look for a plaque on a 19th-century building honouring a famous author who worked for the Nottingham Journal here in the 1880s. Take the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 12th, and 17th letters from his name, then unravel them to reveal an innocent suspect.

    So the answer is…
    • Jim West

Clue 4
  • Damas

Clue 5
  • Bee

Clue 6
  • Axe

Clue 7
  • Cotton

Clue 8

  • Reading the grid of letters from bottom to top, and right to left, it says, “Find the plaque celebrating D.H Lawrence. The suspect that owns the factory mentioned is innocent.” This clue relates to a plaque close by.

    So the answer is…
    • Haywood

Clue 9
  • It’s time to seek the Lord. Lord Lilac’s surname is required for the Cryptic Wordsearch.

Clue 10

  • If you colour in 1240 as it would appear on a calculator, the words visible in the remaining segments say, “You can remove the weapon that rhymes with crystal from the case.”

    So the answer is…
    • Pistol

Clue 11
  • Bribed

Clue 12
  • Hound

Clue 13
  • Mortimer

Clue 14

  • Jury

Clue 15

  • On page 1, the purple buttons have 3 holes. On page 2, the purple buttons have 4 holes. On page 3, the purple buttons have 3 holes. And on page 4, the purple buttons have 3 holes. So across the four pages, the number of holes on purple buttons is 3434, which is the same as the axe’s number. Get the gist?!

    So the answer is…
    • Red = Screwdriver

Clue 16
  • Nemesis

Clue 17
  • Iron

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?
    • The culprit named after the devil shot the arrow to kill.