THE GREEK INTERPRETERS


Winter Meeting: February 22, 2006, Hershey's, E. Lansing


The Five Orange Pips




An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist

The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase.


1. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the city from which the first warning letter was mailed.

2. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Openshaw's father patented this type of tire .

3. __ __ __ __ __   how John Openshaw planned to return home.

4. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the club where Major Prendergast was involved in a scandal.

5. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   where Openshaw's toe caps were soiled by a distinctive clay and chalk mixture.

6. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the gale that beat against the windows of 221B.

7. __ __ __ __ __ - __ __ __   Openshaw used one (also part of the title of aother story in the canon)

8. __ __ __ __ __ __   the dock where Holmes looked for the Lone Star.

9. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   this chamber was the focus of an unpublished case.

10. __ __ __ __ __   Openshaw's uncle.

11. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the author of a sea-story Watson was reading.

12. __ __ __ __ __ __   where Openshaw's uncle had a small estate.

13. __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ __ __   a sprig of these was sometimes used as a warning by KKK.

14. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   what John Openshaw had done after receiving the orange pips.

15. __ __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __   Holmes proposes to send a devilish one to Capt. Calhoun

16. __ __ __ __   in addition to advice, Openshaw came to Holmes for this.

17. __ __ __ __   (relentless & inexorable) what Openshaw believed he was in the grasp of.

18. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the Lone Star's destination and home port.

19. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   how Watson referred to Holmes' knowledge of anatomy.

20. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   what Openshaw's father thought of the orange pips.

21. __ __ __ __ __ __   the city from which the second warning letter was mailed.

22. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   how Holmes characterized the police imbecility.

23. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   where the shattered stern-post of the Lone Star was sighted.

24. __ __ __ __ __ __   the city from which the last warning letter was mailed.

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The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase. (at bottom)

1. P Pondicherry
2. U Unbreakable
3. T Train
4. T Tankerville
5. H Horsham
6. E Equinotical
7. P Pince-Nez
8. A Albert
9. P Paradol
10. E Elias
11. R Russell
12. S Sussex
13. O Oak-Leaves
14. N Nothing
15. T Trade-Mark
16. H Help
17. E Evil
18. S Savannah
19. U Unsystematic
20. N Nonsense
21. D Dundee
22. I Incredible
23. A Atlantic
24. L London

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