Case File: Silence of the Shambles

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 2.0.0 and beyond. If your trail is an earlier version (1.1.6 or lower), click here to see the answers for your trail.

Answers

Clue 1
  • Terry Bull

Clue 2
  • Trowel (rhymes with owl)

Clue 3
  • Alun Sugar

Clue 4
  • 6981 (i.e. 1869 rotated 180 degrees)

Clue 5
  • Kitty Grapple

Clue 6
  • 1400

Clue 7
  • Joy Morrel

Clue 8
  • Orienteer

Clue 9
  • Devil

Clue 10
  • 6061 (i.e. 1606 in reverse order)

Clue 11
  • The secret message says “HELP. LIBRARY. NOT DEAD”.

Clue 12

  • The three-worded secret message is “READ HINT NINETEEN”

    So the answer is…
    • Dagger

Clue 13
  • Pipe

Clue 14
  • Martin Cromwell

Clue 15
  • Maurice Dill Crêpe

Clue 16

Clue 17
  • Cleaver

Clue 18

  • Use just the red words on the Magazine Scrap with the times supplied by the florist. Hours represent words, and minutes represent letters within the words. For example, 02:04 is word two, letter four, which is ‘T’.

    So the answer is…
    • Time to heist

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 = T.

    See the answer?
    • IT WAS SUSPECT IV (i.e. 4) WITH A RED MOON.