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Ned
Has tripped over the same step twice today.
Courier — Always on the move. Knows every back door.
In their own words
“Sorry. Was that your foot? Sorry.”
“I'm not clumsy, the floor is uneven.”
“Don't let me hold anything breakable.”
“Sorry — was that your foot? Terribly sorry.”— in Victorian London, 1888
Characters’ asides never contain clues. In a case, only their statements count as evidence.
Case record
Ned has stood in 22 lineups so far, as a postie, a chauffeur, a messenger, a valet, a conductor, a diplomatic courier and more. Whether they were guilty is something you’ll have to prove for yourself.
- Oct 25, 2026Duck 1,417 Wins by Thirty Yards — as postieEvil case
- Oct 25, 2026Forty-One Rubbers in a Row — as chauffeurEasy case
- Oct 23, 2026Sold Out in Four Minutes — as messengerHard case
- Oct 23, 2026The Collapse at Table Nine — as valetEasy case
- Oct 22, 2026Green Ink on Lilac Paper — as postieHard case
- Oct 22, 2026The Coffin Car to Vienna — as conductorEasy case
- Oct 20, 2026The Ambassador's Missing Speech — as diplomatic courierHard case
- Oct 19, 2026The Iceberg Nobody Else Saw — as radio officerHard case
- Oct 18, 2026Lobster for the Whole Crew — as runnerHard case
- Oct 15, 2026Change from the Big Top — as acrobatHard case
- Oct 14, 2026Ninety Seconds Behind the Curtain — as runnerMedium case
- Oct 14, 2026The Diplomatic Bags That Clinked — as diplomatic courierEasy case
- Oct 13, 2026Eight Small Holes — as undergraduateMedium case
- Oct 13, 2026Man Overboard at Midnight — as radio officerEasy case
- Oct 11, 2026Gerald and the Four Hundred Rooms — as valetHard case
- Oct 11, 2026The Ambulance on Moorgate — as courierMedium case
- Oct 11, 2026The Collection That Launched Early — as runnerEasy case
- Oct 10, 2026The Trophy at Half-Time — as ball kidMedium case
- Oct 9, 2026Two Hundred Lucky Researchers — as internMedium case
- Oct 8, 2026The Half-Penny Fortune — as courierEasy case
- Oct 6, 2026The Machine That Answered Too Well — as internEasy case
- Oct 2, 2026Three Hundred Copies of a Lie — as reporterEasy case
Track record
In the 20 cases old enough to have a published walkthrough, Ned turned out to be a criminal 9 times and innocent 11 times. Roughly what you would expect by chance: a past record is never evidence in Clues & Culprits. Today’s and yesterday’s cases are left out so nothing is spoiled.
Often in the same lineup as
Basil (17 cases) · Greta (17 cases) · Emil (13 cases) · Hugo (13 cases)
Other couriers
Arlo (optimist) · Juno (thrill-seeker) · Leo (kid at heart) · Petra (spy-novel fan) · Silas (old sea dog) · Tess (go-getter) · Ugo (tour guide) · Yusuf (night owl)