The Gainsborough That Was Still Wet

Victorian London · case 37 of 50 · Evil · 5×5
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After supper at the ball, a lost Gainsborough portrait, lately found in the attic of a crumbling castle, was sold for nine thousand guineas. On Monday the buyer's footman carried it out to the carriage, and came away with a blue thumb.

Arlocab driver
Basilmagistrate
Celiaaristocrat
Dexteraristocrat
Emilmagistrate
Frankconstable
Guscook
Hanacook
Irisviolinist
Junocab driver
Kofiservant
Lionelaristocrat
Mabelcook
Nicoviolinist
Omarmagistrate
Petracab driver
Quentinservant
Rubyconstable
Sadieservant
Tesscab driver
Ursulamagistrate
Vikservant
Willaconstable
Ximenaviolinist
Yvettearistocrat

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Victorian London: case 37

This Evil case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 21 of them carry a clue; the other 4 only have something to say about themselves. 6 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 37 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 36: Forty Days for the Golden Fleece · Case 38: Forty-Two Watches in the Crush →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1Arlocab driverCourier
B1BasilmagistrateOfficial
C1CeliaaristocratNoble
D1DexteraristocratNoble
E1EmilmagistrateOfficial
A2FrankconstableEnforcer
B2GuscookCook
C2HanacookCook
D2IrisviolinistArtist
E2Junocab driverCourier
A3KofiservantServant
B3LionelaristocratNoble
C3MabelcookCook
D3NicoviolinistArtist
E3OmarmagistrateOfficial
A4Petracab driverCourier
B4QuentinservantServant
C4RubyconstableEnforcer
D4SadieservantServant
E4Tesscab driverCourier
A5UrsulamagistrateOfficial
B5VikservantServant
C5WillaconstableEnforcer
D5XimenaviolinistArtist
E5YvettearistocratNoble

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