THE GREEK INTERPRETERS
Summer Meeting: Wednesday June 30, 2004
Park Lake Grill, E. Lansing
The Adventure of the Second Stain |
An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist.
The first letter of each answer, read vertically, will form a phrase from this adventure. |
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1. __ __ __ (what Holmes advised the Premier to prepare for.)
2. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Lucas (the murdered international agent.)
3. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (what Watson intended to be the last publicized adventure.)
4. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (a detective with bulldog features.)
5. __ __ __ __ __ __ Downs (where Holmes takes up bee-farming.)
6. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (one of three agents suspected by Holmes.)
7. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (where John Mitton visited a friend.)
8. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the street, or Rue, where Mme Fournaye lived.)
9. __ __ __ __ __ (John Mitton's function to Lucas.)
10. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Affairs (what Trelawney Hope was Secretary of.)
11. __ __ __ (Trelawney Hope was expected home at quarter to this hour.)
12. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the kind of promise Holmes could not make.)
13. __ __ __ (the color of the wax seal on the lost letter.)
14. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the small carpet where the blood stain was found.)
15. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the letter written by Lady Hilda.)
16. __ __ __ __ __ (a city often visited by Lucas.)
17. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Lucas' papers showed him to be a remarkable one.)
18. __ __ __ and tried (a description of Trelawney Hope's servants.)
19. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (the neglectful constable-not a MSU president.)
20. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Watson considered Lady Hilda's to be natural.)
21. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ morning (when this story opens.)
22. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (how Holmes regards the motives of women.)
23. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (where Mme Fournaye attracted much attention.)
24. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Trelawney Hope called Holmes one.)
25. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (what Lucas' luxurious taste verged on.)
26. __ __ __ __ __ __ (the kind of telegram sent to the author of the letter.)
27. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (this did not appear to be the motive for Lucas' murder.)
28. __ __ __ __ __ (how Holmes found the hidden cavity.)
29. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (how his friends referred to one of Holmes' moods.)
30. __ __ __ __ __ __ (what made a frou-frou when Lady Hilda left Baker Street.)
The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phase. (at bottom)
1. W War
2. E Eduardo
3. A Abbey Grange
4. L Lestrade
5. S Sussex
6. O Oberstein
7. H Hammersmith
8. A Austerlitz
9. V Valet
10. E European
11. O One
12. U Unconditional
13. R Red
14. D Drugget
15. I Indiscreet
16. P Paris
17. L Linguist
18. O Old
19. M MacPherson
20. A Anxiety
21. T Tuesday
22. I Inscrutable
23. C Charing Cross
24. S Sorcerer
25. E Effeminacy
26. C Cipher
27. R Robbery
28. E Empty
29. T Taciturn
30. S Skirts
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