Forty-Two Watches in the Crush

Victorian London · case 38 of 50 · Nightmare · 5×5
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Forty-one gentlemen have lost their watches in the crush at the doors of the Royal Opera since Easter, and not one of them felt a thing. Last night the forty-second was the Commissioner of Police.

Arlomessenger
Brunoinspector
Calbanker
Dinaapothecary
Emiltheatre manager
Frankinspector
Guspie seller
Hanapie seller
Idrisbanker
Junomessenger
Kurtticket tout
Leomessenger
Mabelpie seller
Nedmessenger
Omartheatre manager
Piaticket tout
Queeniepie seller
Rubyinspector
Sukitheatre manager
Tariqbanker
Ursulatheatre manager
Veraticket tout
Waltapothecary
Xanderticket tout
Yaraapothecary

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Victorian London: case 38

This Nightmare case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 20 of them carry a clue; the other 5 only have something to say about themselves. 11 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 38 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 37: The Gainsborough That Was Still Wet · Case 39: The Temperance Meeting on the Orpheus →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1ArlomessengerCourier
B1BrunoinspectorEnforcer
C1CalbankerMerchant
D1DinaapothecaryHealer
E1Emiltheatre managerOfficial
A2FrankinspectorEnforcer
B2Guspie sellerCook
C2Hanapie sellerCook
D2IdrisbankerMerchant
E2JunomessengerCourier
A3Kurtticket toutRogue
B3LeomessengerCourier
C3Mabelpie sellerCook
D3NedmessengerCourier
E3Omartheatre managerOfficial
A4Piaticket toutRogue
B4Queeniepie sellerCook
C4RubyinspectorEnforcer
D4Sukitheatre managerOfficial
E4TariqbankerMerchant
A5Ursulatheatre managerOfficial
B5Veraticket toutRogue
C5WaltapothecaryHealer
D5Xanderticket toutRogue
E5YaraapothecaryHealer

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