THE GREEK INTERPRETERS
Spring Meeting: April 29th, 2009, Hershey's, E. Lansing
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist
THE GREEK INTERPRETERS | |
Spring Meeting: April 29th, 2009, Hershey's, E. LansingThe Adventure of the Norwood BuilderAn Acrostic prepared by The Chemist |
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The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase. | |
1. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : what Holmes sometimes fainted from.
2. __ __ __ __ __ __ : John McFarlane's middle name.
3. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : what Holmes deduced McFarlane to be (as well as bachelor and solicitor).
4. __ __ __ __ __ __ : the young doctor who purchased Watson's practice.
5. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the missing builder's habits, according to the Daily Telegraph.
6. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the Dutch steamship affair.
7. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the Norwood builder's name.
8. __ __ __ __ __ : the draft from which McFarlane drew up the will.
9. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the ex-president whose papers were investigated by Holmes.
10. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : there is enough to justify McFarlane's arrest.
11. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the Norwood builder's house.
12. __ __ __ __ : the time of McFarlane's supper appointment with the builder.
13. __ __ __ __ __ : McFarlane's walking stick.
14. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : three of these were within Lestrade's call.
15. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the facts Holmes deduces about McFarlane.
16. __ __ __ __ : Holmes did not wish his to appear in Lestrade's report.
17. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the man to whom the builder wrote large checks.
18. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the builder's housekeeper.
19. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __: the nature of the three bedrooms on the top corridor.
20. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the builder's house lies at the end of this road.
21. __ __ __ __ : how Watson refers to Holmes' strength.
22. __ __ __ __ : the condition of the builder's safe.
23. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : where Lestrade's telegram to Holmes originated.
24. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : one was issued for McFarlane's arrest.
25. __ __ __ __ __ : the builder's tailor.
26 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __: where McFarlane spent the night before his arrest.
27. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __: McFarlane's home in Blackheath.
28. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : Holmes' smile when answering Lestrade.
29. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : what the builder longed for all his life.
30. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : Holmes recovered his after seeing the thumbprint.
31. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : these may have been burned in the wood pile along with the trousers.
