THE GREEK INTERPRETERS

   Winter Meeting: March 26, 2014, Country Club of Lansing


The Reigate Squires
aka The Reigate Puzzle



An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist


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

1. The Colonel's armory held ______ weapons.   (1 wrd)

2. Old Acton's library was turned ______ by the thieves.   (2 wrd)

3. Together, Holmes and Inspector Forrester made a ______   (1 wrd)

4. The stolen barometer was made of ______   (1 wrd)

5. Which version of Homer was stolen? ______   (1 wrd)

6. Which gate was specified in the note? ______  (1 wrd)

7. The Cunningham's coachman: ______   (2 wrd).

8. The month of 1887 in when these events take place: ______   (1 wrd)

9. There was nothing formidable in Holmes' ______   (1 wrd, 6 ltrs)

10. Young Cunningham attempted to cock a ______   (1 wrd)

11. The stolen paper weight was made of ______  (1 wrd)

12. The company investigated earlier by Holmes: ______  (2 wrd)

13. Where Holmes, Watson and the Colonel were seated after dinner: ______   (1 wrd)

14. Holmes did not ______ to meddle. (1 wrd)

15. The younger Cunningham's ______ was not correct. (1 wrd)

16. The Cunningham's faces held a plain confession of ______  (1 wrd)

17. Watson held up a ______ finger.  (1 wrd)

18. The inspector felt that Holmes had not quite got over his ______   (1 wrd)

19. Also stolen from Acton was a ball of ______  (1 wrd)

20. The Colonel's name: ______  (1 wrd)

21. The p's and q's showed traces of ______   (1 wrd)

22. Holmes regarded the note fragment as extremely ______   (1 wrd)

23. Holmes referred to himself as a ______ petrel. (not Gil)  (1 wrd)

24. The elder Cunningham was ______ and dazed when arrested.  (1 wrd)

25. The younger Cunningham's name: ______   (1 wrd)

26. The Baron with collosal schemes: ______   (1 wrd)

27. Holmes, "It is well to test ______".  (1 wrd)

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

1. eastern
2. upside down
3. reconnaissance
4. oak
5. Pope's
6. east
7. William Kirwan
8. April
9. symptoms
10. revolver
11. ivory
12. Netherland-Sumatra
13. gun-room
14. intend
15. narrative
16. guilt
17. warning
18. illness
19. twine
20. Hayter
21. heredity
22. important
23. stormy
24. numbed
25. Alec
26. Maupertuis
27. everything

Europe was ringing with his name.