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Spring Meeting: May 10, 2007, Hershey's, E. Lansing


The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans




An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist

The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase.
Note that British spelling is used.


1. __ __ __ __   the shutters on the window of the document room at Woolwich Arsenal.

2. __ __ __ __ __ __   what Holmes stared at intensely where West's body was found.

3. __ __ __ __ __ __   the Polyphonic Motets on which Holmes had undertaken a monograph.

4. __ __ __ __ __ __   Cadogan West's first name.

5. __ __ __ __ __ __   the colour of the fog described in the first sentence of the story.

6. __ __ __ __ __ __   what was missing from the pocket of Cadogan West's coat.

7. __ __ __ __ __ __   Violet pleaded with Holmes to save West's.

8. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   what Mycroft has made himself.

9. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __  Road   the underground station where Holmes and Watson met Mycroft and Lestrade.

10. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   it was buzzing like an overturned bee-hive.

11. __ __ __ __ __   the colour of Holmes' dressing-gown in this story.

12. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Sir James Walter was proud of his department's.

13. __ __ __ __ __   Sidney Johnson's age.

14. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the foreign agent named Hugo.

15. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Holmes was cross-indexing his huge book of

16. __ __ __   How many papers were taken from Woolich Arsenal.

17. __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ __ __   how Sidney Johnson described Cadogen West.

18. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   what the importance of the submarine could hardly be.

19. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the restaurant where Holmes and Watson met.

20. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the underground station near which West's body was found.

21. __ __ __ __ __   the foreign agent named Adolph.

22. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the tie-pin a gracious Lady gave Holmes.

23. __ __ __ __ __   the number of papers found on West's body.

24. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Mycroft's specialism.

25. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Violet's last name.

26. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the month in which this story takes place.

27. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the Admiral's house where Sir James spent the evening of the theft.

28. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Holmes refers to the Latin countries as countries of this.

29. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   Where Hugo (#14) has a house.

30. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   the houses in which Sir James Walter was said to be a favoured guest, or the person who waits for news.

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

1. I Iron
2. P Points
3. L Lassus
4. A Arthur
5. Y Yellow
6. T Ticket
7. H Honour
8. E Essential
9. G Gloucester
10. A Admiralty
11. M Mouse
12. E Efficiency
13. F Forty
14. O Oberstein
15. R References
16. T Ten
17. H Hot-Headed
18. E Exaggerated
19. G Goldini's
20. A Aldgate
21. M Meyer
22. E Emerald
23. S Seven
24. O Omnisience
25. W Westbury
26. N November
27. S Sinclair
28. A Assassination
29. K Kensington
30. E Exalted
assassination

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