THE GREEK INTERPRETERS

Winter Meeting: February 20th, 2008, Hershey's, E. Lansing


The Adventure of the Devil's Foot




An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist

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


1. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Where the Tregennis family were tin miners.

2. __ __ __ __   The Harley Street physician who prescribed complete rest for Holmes.

3. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   How Mortimer Tregennis referred to the events at Tredannick Wartha.

4. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the kind of mounds the vanished race left on the moor.

5. ___   In peaceful Cornwall, visitors did not arrive after this time (Roman Numeral) in the evening.

6. __ __ __ __ __ __   The bay near which Holmes and Watson rented a cottage.

7. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __  the kind of science powerless to detect the devil's root toxin.

8. __ __ __ - __ __ __ __   What Watson saw coming down the road while he was shaving.

9. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Their simple, peaceful and healthy routine was violently ____.

10. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the famous lion-hunter and African explorer (first name Leon).

11. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Holmes was induced to rest by the threat of being permanently ____.

12. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   The kind of account of the "Cornish Horror" that reached the London press.

13. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __  The vicar was so excited he could hardly ____.

14. __ __ __ __ __ __  The name of the Tregennis sister

15. __ __ __ __   One of the Tregennis brothers.

16. __ __ __ __   the device that exposed Mortimer to the toxin.

17. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __  Mortimer is described as being sad-faced and ____.

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

1. R Redruth
2. A Agar
3. D Devilish
4. I Ireggular
5. X X
6. P Poldhu
7. E European
8. D Dog-cart
9. I Interrupted
10. S Sterndale
11. D Disqualified
12. I Imperfect
13. A Articulate
14. B Brenda
15. O Owen
16. L Lamp
17. I Introspective

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