THE GREEK INTERPRETERS

Fall Meeting: October 25, 2006, Hershey's, E. Lansing


The Resident Patient




An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist

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


1. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   how Watson referred to his series of memoirs.

2. __ __ __ __ __   the number of hours Holmes and Watson strolled about.

3. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the bank robbery gang.

4. __ __ __ __ __ __   the nature of the Russian patient's departure.

5. __ __ __ __ __ __   a danger lurking in the straits of Messina, referred to by Watson in his introduction.

6. __ __ __ __ __    __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the prize Percy won at King's College Hospital.

7. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the type of nervous lesions discussed in Percy's monograph.

8. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   what Holmes was sure Lanner would not think him to be.

9. __ __ __ __ __ __   the kind of flat-faced house associated with a West End practice.

10. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Percy's last name.

11. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Watson expressed incredulity concerning Holmes' claim with these.

12. __ __ __ __ __ __   what Holmes proposed he and Watson do through London.

13. __ __ __ __ __ __   the steamer Norah Creina was lost a few leagues North of here.

14. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the type of crime Holmes was responsive to.

15. __ __ __ __ __ __   Blessington's real name.

16. __ __ __ __ __ __   Holmes and Watson crossed this street prior to entering Harley Street. (after visiting Blessington)

17. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   a rare disease that was Percy's special interest.

18. __ __ __ __ __   the caretaker murdered in the #3 bank robbery.

19. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Holmes' talk showed a keen one for detail.

20. __ __ __ __ __ __   one of the #3 gang. (not Moffat or Blessington)

21. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the kind of notes Percy took while interviewing his Russian patient.

22. __ __ __ __   a coil of this was found under Blessington's bed.

23. __ __ __ __   the intruders forced entrance to Blessington's room with the help of this.

24. __ __ __ __   two cigars had these bitten off.

25. __ __ __ __   a bottle of this nitrite was in Percy's laboratory.

26. __ __ __ __ __ __   how the three men ascended the stairs.

27. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the young man had chest like his.

28. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Blessington's hair bristled with the intensity of this.

29. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   how Blessington's body was laid under a sheet.

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

1. I Incoherent
2. T Three
3. W Worthingdon
4. A Abrupt
5. S Scylla
6. B Bruce Pinkerton
7. O Obscure
8. I Intruder
9. S Sombre
10. T Trevelyan
11. E Eyebrows
12. R Ramble
13. O Oporto
14. U Unsolved
15. S Sutton
16. O Oxford
17. C Catalepsy
18. T Tobin
19. O Observance
20. B Biddle
21. E Exhaustive
22. R Rope
23. W Wire
24. E Ends
25. A Amyl
26. T Tiptoe
27. H Hercules
28. E Emotion
29. R Reverently

It Was Boisterous October Weather

Note that this expression comes from the original text published in the Strand Magazine.