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Case 14 · Hard ☕☕☕

The Village Hall Hoo-Ha

The Village Hall, Upper Dithering

Mrs Gavel double-booked the hall for the Zumba class and the Women's Guild. Only one of them left happy.

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Our Sleuth (name to come) says: “Everyone stood in a different row and a different column, Mrs Gavel included. Work out where each of them was. The killer is the only one who was in Mrs Gavel’s room.”

The suspects

  • HDr Hedgecock
    Retired vet. Better with ferrets than people.
  • RReverend Ruddle
    New curate. Still lost in his own church.
  • KMr Kipling-Hale
    Parish council chairman. Loves a sub-committee.
  • FLady Fothergill
    Owns half the village and mentions it.
  • WMr Wickens
    Ice-cream van man. Plays 'Greensleeves' at dawn.
  • MMrs Mudge
    Cleans for everyone. Hears everything.
  • VMrs Gwendoline Gavel
    The victim: hall bookings secretary.

7×7 plan · 11 clues · no timer, no pressure.

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