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kazza474 · June 19, 2012 2:45 am

Do you have the extra clue about the times being incorrect?

Wholocked · June 19, 2012 2:48 am

Ooooh no...hrm Okay I'll keep digging

Wholocked · June 19, 2012 3:07 am

Oh my God...I had to search hints to find that! Right, need to engage my brain better and OBSERVE

kazza474 · June 19, 2012 3:11 am

I'm trying to remember back to there, lol

Smoggy_London_Air · June 19, 2012 7:41 pm

ARGH WHOLOCKED THAT WAS SO EASY.

Although you have to give me credit even though I didn't get 'copper'. I mean, I should have thought of that one (I'm in AP Chemistry after all) but calling a policeman a 'copper' just went right over my head, which is strange because I've read so much British literature and watched so much Sherlock that I'm pretty sure I should have started thinking in RP by now.

Smoggy_London_Air · June 19, 2012 8:00 pm

kazza474 wrote:
Tantalus wrote:
Rosey wrote:
Is anyone on level 9? I'm really stumped.
I imagine you can sit down and rest awhile for the rest of us to catch up. I'm still trying to anagram IFCLALOTONCU (and I used Purple Hell, or whatever it's called--no one word answers) on Level Three.

This is a pretty involved riddle; glad no one's sitting around with a bomb strapped to them waiting for me to solve it...
Oh good, you have the letters correct.

Try using a Scrabble solver:
http://www.solverscrabble.com/

The first anagram solver I used excluded "unusual words" so I spent about ten minutes hunting through 800+ anagrams. Then I tried yours and got it on the first go. Sheer idiocy. Head→desk

Sherlock Holmes · June 19, 2012 10:31 pm

Tantalus wrote:
Got the Level 4 answer (albeit with a little help...). SH, I really don't think the "clue" about the title of the riddle is very helpful. Much more helpful to study the entire page of the riddle book for this one...

Is it one of those where you have to take individual letters from the beginning and ends of sentences to make a word?

Wholocked · June 20, 2012 1:28 am

Sherlock Holmes wrote:
Is it one of those where you have to take individual letters from the beginning and ends of sentences to make a word?

No...let me just say that the answer is in a different sort of language...one that is not used as frequently now as it once was. And the clue is hidden on the page...have a look at what's different about the images on that page to the previous pages. And no, it's not a glitch.

That's probably as clear as I can be without giving it to you!

Still stuck on Chapter 6...the clue in the source code seems straight forward but I still can't figure it out!

Wholocked · June 20, 2012 6:58 am

Kazzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa............... I'm stuck

Chapter 6 - The Crossword Clue
I've seen the clue in the source code and I've also noticed that 'journies' is mispelled and they've taken the trouble to specify which paper the crossword comes from but I just can't figure it out. I don't even know if those things are clues or not!

Also the sign on the carriage door (mirrored) in the image...clue or not clue?

This game is going to pull all my hair out, I swear.

Molly Hooper · June 20, 2012 3:46 pm

I'm stuck again! Chapter 5, anyone?
I bet I'm missing something REALLY obvious!

Rosey · June 20, 2012 7:52 pm

Wholocked wrote:
Kazzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa............... I'm stuck

Chapter 6 - The Crossword Clue
I've seen the clue in the source code and I've also noticed that 'journies' is mispelled and they've taken the trouble to specify which paper the crossword comes from but I just can't figure it out. I don't even know if those things are clues or not!

Also the sign on the carriage door (mirrored) in the image...clue or not clue?

This game is going to pull all my hair out, I swear.

Which chapter is this again I did it about a week ago and I've forgotten already :/ If you send me the link to the chapter in a pm I can give you a clue if you like.

Wholocked · June 21, 2012 12:47 am

Molly Hooper wrote:
I'm stuck again! Chapter 5, anyone?
I bet I'm missing something REALLY obvious!

Chapter 5 was actually pretty hard...there are two or three different clues you have to find before you can put it all together.

I'll tell you that the answer is located within the riddle site...you need to find the directions to the clue pages.

Sherlock Holmes · June 29, 2012 4:26 pm

Wholocked wrote:
Sherlock Holmes wrote:
Is it one of those where you have to take individual letters from the beginning and ends of sentences to make a word?
No...let me just say that the answer is in a different sort of language...one that is not used as frequently now as it once was. And the clue is hidden on the page...have a look at what's different about the images on that page to the previous pages. And no, it's not a glitch.

That's probably as clear as I can be without giving it to you!

Still stuck on Chapter 6...the clue in the source code seems straight forward but I still can't figure it out!

Another clue??

Molly Hooper · June 29, 2012 5:24 pm

On the left, near the gold bit...

Tantalus · June 29, 2012 5:29 pm

Sherlock Holmes wrote:
Another clue??

This Sunday, the BBC is premiering "Endeavour". The name of Shaun Evan's character might offer a clue...

kazza474 · June 29, 2012 8:50 pm

Sherlock Holmes wrote:
Another clue??

OK, what is the name of the chapter? That would be the words under "Chapter 4".

Then, how do we use one of those? What does it do to a page?
Then do that & look around. I wouldn't bother looking on the actual picture too much, that's probably been tried with no success huh?

Molly Hooper · June 29, 2012 9:15 pm

OK, number 5, I've looked around the page, checked the secret-page-info and tried to find a hints site but...

I am this far from giving up

kazza474 · June 29, 2012 9:22 pm

so have you looked in the source page?
Is there something mentioned there that you may need?

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Molly Hooper · June 29, 2012 9:33 pm

<img src="timetable1.jpg" usemap="#levelpic" border="0">

Seriously hoping I don't look a total dumbo but how does this help??

kazza474 · June 29, 2012 9:33 pm

Click on it
Oh & to save to the trouble, it's not quite right so ... look at the address you probably want the next one.......