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The Final Problem




An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist

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


1. __ __ __ __ __   the number of days before Moriarty's gang is arrested (Holmes tells Watson)

2. __ __ __ __   Holmes was convinced the letter from Meiringen was one.

3. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the mental powers of Moriarty.

4. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Moriarty wrote a treatise on this theorm.

5. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the vogue enjoyed by Moriarty's treatise.

6. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Holmes found these were fenced round the professor.

7. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Moriarty's were hereditary and diabolical

8. __ __ __–__ __ __ __   what Holmes was afraid of.

9. __ __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __ __   Holmes' latest "interference" according to Watson. (a case in the canon)

10. __ __ __ __   where Moriarty vows never to stand. (dry or wet, preceded by the)

11. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Street   the crossing where Holmes was nearly run down by a van.

12. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   how Moriarty was affected by Holmes on January 23rd. (a WC was not involved)

13. __ __ __ __ __–__–__ __ __ __ __ __   where Holmes and Watson argued the question while in Strasbourg

14. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   __ __ __   where Holmes and Watson stayed in Meiringen.

15. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the royal family to which Holmes was recently of assistance.

16. __ __ __ __ __ __–__ __ __–__ __ __ __ __   how Holmes characterized a brilliant bit of detective work.

17. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the size of the brougham driver who transported Watson to Victoria station.

18. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   according to Holmes, this one (Moriarty) was his intellectual equal.

19. __ __ __ __ __   a French city from which Holmes sent Watson a note.

20. __ __ __ __   what Moriarty (not the coyote) was.

21. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the condition of Moriarty's plans at the end of March.

22. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   on Monday, Moriarty's was gone. (forced retirement?)

23. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   How Watson describes the Daubensee.

24. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   how Moriarty was affected by Holmes by the middle of February.

25. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   it was not in Holmes' nature to take an aimless one.

26. __ __ __ __ __ __–__ __ __ __ __   the sight of it (Holmes') turned Watson cold and sick.

27. __ __ __ __ __   Watson heard his own reverberating from the cliffs.

28. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Watson cannot recollect seeing Holmes in such spirits.

29. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   of the most dangerous and capable criminal in Europe. (not dinosaurs)

30. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Watson's adjective for the Italian priest he encountered at Victoria Station.

31. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   an aged one shared Watson's rail carriaqe.

32. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the falls where Holmes and Moriarty struggled to the death.

33. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   two of these were burst and bleeding..

34. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   how Holmes alluded to Moriarty's position among criminals and crime. (not a pastry)

35. __ __ __ __   what Holmes begged Watson to do with the instructions he gave him.

36. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Holmes behavior following Moriarty's escape.

37. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Moriarty's agents.

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

1. T Three
2. H Hoax
3. E Extraordinary
4. B Binomial
5. E European
6. S Safeguards
7. T Tendencies
8. A Air-Guns
9. N Naval Treaty
10. D Dock
11. W Welbeck
12. I Incommoded
13. S Salle-a-Manger
14. E Englischer Hof
15. S Scandinavia
16. T Thrust-and-Parry
17. M Massive
18. A Antagonist
19. N Nimes
20. W Wily
21. H Hampered
22. O Occupation
23. M Melancholy
24. I Inconvenienced
25. H Holiday
26. A Alpine-Stock
27. V Voice
28. E Exuberant
29. E Extinction
30. V Venerable
31. E Ecclesiastic
32. R Reichenbach
33. K Knuckles
34. N Napoleon
35. O Obey
36. W Watchfulness
37. N Numerous

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