Winter coat worn for a mixer--bottle of tonic water on mantle in Library
(TONIC WATER is an anagram ("worn" version) of "winter coat")
Rolling rock, bottle cap--champagne cork, in champagne bottle on floor of Dutton's room
(CORK is an anagram ("rolling") of "rock")
Artsy, excited lecher--satyr in painting, Gallery
(SATYR is an anagram ("excited") of "artsy")
A heart attack could put you into the ground--globe in Library
(EARTH ("Ground") is an anagram ("attack") of "heart")
BattleGround--tablet lying on counter in Laboratory
(TABLET is an anagram ("Ground") of "Battle")
Bars deter cuckoo bird--robin in painting in Foyer, to the right of Dining Room door(the bird
in the bottom, right-hand corner)
(RED BREAST ("bird") is an anagram ("cuckoo") of "Bars deter")
Modern art flourishes under the sun--modern art painting propped beneath painting of girl
and sunflower, Gallery
(SUNFLOWERS is "flowers" ("flourishes") under "sun")
SkedAddled--desk in Library
(DESK is an anagram ("addled") of "Sked"
Part of the body examined in doctor's office--marble torso on floor in Gallery
(TORSO ("part of the body") is located in "docTORSOffice")
Libation for an affectionate puppy called Sounder--champagne bottle in Dutton's room
(LIQUOR ("Libation") is a homophone ("Sounder") of LICKER ("affectionate puppy"))
Animal sullied street--Irish setter (rightmost dog in painting in Game Room)
(SETTER ("Animal") is an anagram ("sullied") of "street")
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um iflb cur xfy E jau. Eq kf kfjf jficyfr Xma'r zf ydf bmu mq vx bmu.--grandfather clock in
Foyer
(This is a letter-substitution cipher for "Read my face but do not watch. I have hands
with which to count, but have no crotch. I have no legs and yet I run. If we were
related, you'd be the son of my son," referring to a grandfather clock )
Zu gotdy od mpy nrmy stpimf. zu drvpmf zrsmd aogy jrt iq pt viy jrt yp yjr htpimf--straight
razor on side of tub in Bathroom
(This is a letter substitution cipher for "My first is not bent around. My second means
lift her up or cut her to the ground. The first is STRAIGHT, and the second is RAZOR,
which sounds like either "raise her" or "raze her")
Fruit Loop on stove--orange in painting of fruit bowl, Dining Room
(ORANGE ("Fruit") is O ("Loop") on RANGE ("stove"))
Dreams abound of arming the rebels. What of nocturnal horses' schedules?--"Nightmare", the
painting over the fireplace in the Knoxs' bedroom
(NIGHTMARE is NIGHT ("nocturnal") on MARE ("horse"))
A distant, ancient Castle Keep\This famous Prince a place to sleep\To sleep, perchance to
dream\of an upset teagarden indochine--Great Dane in painting on Library wall, to the left
of the fireplace
(GREAT DANE (the "Famous Prince" is Hamlet) is an anagram ("upset") or "teagarden")
A man-horse on the fly\Sounds like a wounded bull's-eye--the statue in the Chapel, left of the
Laboratory door. It's supposed to be a centaur, but as we all know, centaurs don't have wings!
(CENTAUR ("man-horse" ) is a homophone ("Sounds like") of CENTER ("bull's eye))
Put an olive in a stein, mix it up, and get a fool's equivilent of a London subway--television
in Dutton's room
(TELEVISION is both an anagram ("mix it up") of "olive stein" - the rest of the clue refers
to BOOB ("fool") TUBE ("London subway"))
A vital, instrumental part--organ in Chapel
(ORGAN is both a "vital" (as a noun) and an "instrumental part")
22233642-736846873--white rook on chessboard in Attic
(This is a telephone code, where each letter is replaced by its corresponding number on a
telephone dial. It decodes as "Academic Penthouse" which refers to an IVORY TOWER)
Light piece from great orchestra--torch lying on altar in Chapel
(TORCH ("Light") is a "piece from" "greaTORCHestra")
Cheesy gadget that sounds larger--cheese grater in Kitchen, left of bowl of "soup"
(GRATER ("Cheesy gadget") is a homophone ("sounds") of GREATER ("larger"))
500=100=0--7th Guest CD-ROM on table in Laboratory (jewel box NOT box that the game came
in which sits next to it)
(DISC ("0") is ("=') D (500 in Roman Numerals) + IS ("=") + C (100 in Roman Numerals))
Blend a TEAPOT SHOT and the pearlies won't rot--tube of toothpaste on sink in Bathroom
(TOOTHPASTE is an anagram ("blend") of "TEAPOT SHOT")
Slyness holding shipment in choppe--guillotine in Hamilton Temple's bedroom
(GUILLOTINE ("choppe") is GUILE ("Slyness") "holding" LOT ("shipment") + IN)
Poor drainage could still produce a flower--gardenia in painting at top of stairs
(GARDENIA ("flower") is an anagram ("poor") of "drainage")
Sounds like it got higher from wine--rose in Martine Burden's room, to the left of dresser
(ROSE means both "got higher" and "wine") ("Sounds" would indicate a homophone, but the two words aren't homophones. A better clue would have been "Got higher - looks like wine")
What kind of jewelry is angrier?--earring on vanity in Julia Heine's room
(EARRING ("kind of jewelry") is an anagram of "angrier")
You might hear a well-mannered Cockney with a '60s hairstyle--beehive game in Room at the
Top (good luck)
(BEEHIVE ("60's hairstyle") is a Cockney pronunciation of BEHAVE ("well-mannered")
Instrument is sharp, but missing its head--harp in Music Room
(HARP is "sharp" without its first letter ("missing its head"))
A defective truck with a crane makes for a ball-busting ballet--nutcracker in upstairs hall, just
outside Game Room
(NUTCRACKER ("ball-busting" and "ballet") is an anagram ("defective") of "truck crane")
Look at key missing first misprinted label--eyeball on pool table in Game Room
(EYEBALL ("Look at") is EY ("Key missing first") plus an anagram ("misprinted") of "label")
Disabled cutting edge--knife sticking out of headboard in Hamilton Temple's bed
(BLADE ("cutting edge") is an anagram ("dis") of "abled")
Unreasonable reason--locomotive in train puzzle, Attic
(LOCOMOTIVE is LOCO ("Unreasonable") + MOTIVE ("reason"))
Paper used in unusual theses--bloody sheets on Martine Burden's bed
(SHEETS ("Paper") is an anagram ("unusual") of "theses")
Adroit holding a sharp instrument--cleaver sticking out of basement door, Kitchen
(CLEAVER ("sharp instrument") is CLEVER ("Adroit") "holding" the letter "a")
A desserted arthropod--trilobite cake on platter in Dining Room (the yellowish thing)
("desserted" arthropod means both "an arthropod made into a dessert" and "an arthropod deserted
(in this case, by natural selection))
663 264625 46 2 6455466--stone lion in upstairs hall, near top of stairs
(A telephone code for "One animal in a million". LION is found in "milLION")
Drink left at sea--glass of wine on nightstand in Knoxs' bedroom
(PORT means both "Drink" and "left at sea")
Snake, baby, trap--baby's rattle in Nursery
(RATTLER means both "snake" and "baby trap" (compare a pacifier with a sink trap, I suppose))
A letter from Greece is quite a number in Rome--XI on the grandfather clock in the Foyer
(XI is both a Greek letter and a Roman numeral)
This eight letter word has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end--inkstand on desk in
Library
(INKSTAND is IN ("at the beginning") + KST ("in the middle") + AND ("at the end"))
