Exactly One Dollar Less

Roaring Twenties · case 40 of 50 · Nightmare · 5×5
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For two years every city contract in the Forty-Second Ward — snow, paving, street lamps — has gone to the Northside Contracting Company, which always bids exactly one dollar less than the next-lowest sealed bid. The bids are opened in public at City Hall, and no one has ever seen inside one early.

Amirgangster
Basilalderman
Calbootlegger
Devbootlegger
Ezratrumpeter
Freyabouncer
Gretaalderman
Hattiedoctor
Iristrumpeter
Joanreporter
Kurtgangster
Lenareporter
Milatrumpeter
Nicotrumpeter
Ottobouncer
Piagangster
Quinnreporter
Rufusbouncer
Sukialderman
Tariqbootlegger
Umadoctor
Veragangster
Wrenbouncer
Xavierreporter
Yaradoctor

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Roaring Twenties: case 40

This Nightmare case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 18 of them carry a clue; the other 7 only have something to say about themselves. 9 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 40 of the Roaring Twenties case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 39: The Sugar Swan Was Listening · Case 41: Struck by Lightning, Insured for Fifty →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1AmirgangsterRogue
B1BasilaldermanOfficial
C1CalbootleggerMerchant
D1DevbootleggerMerchant
E1EzratrumpeterArtist
A2FreyabouncerLaborer
B2GretaaldermanOfficial
C2HattiedoctorHealer
D2IristrumpeterArtist
E2JoanreporterScholar
A3KurtgangsterRogue
B3LenareporterScholar
C3MilatrumpeterArtist
D3NicotrumpeterArtist
E3OttobouncerLaborer
A4PiagangsterRogue
B4QuinnreporterScholar
C4RufusbouncerLaborer
D4SukialdermanOfficial
E4TariqbootleggerMerchant
A5UmadoctorHealer
B5VeragangsterRogue
C5WrenbouncerLaborer
D5XavierreporterScholar
E5YaradoctorHealer

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