Post by Salzmank on Jun 18, 2017 10:57:05 GMT
Knowing your "obsession" with the ABCs, I'm making a wild stab at this. Forgetting the names of birds (a red heron?) I go to the given names...
William = W
Edgar = E
Terence = T *
Norman = N
Sam = S
Out of that we get the cardinal points North East West South from which is derived the word NEWS. Lord was probably pointed to it by the name Cardinal. The unhinged one (i.e. unused) is Terence.*
Am I correct or way off the mark?
William = W
Edgar = E
Terence = T *
Norman = N
Sam = S
Out of that we get the cardinal points North East West South from which is derived the word NEWS. Lord was probably pointed to it by the name Cardinal. The unhinged one (i.e. unused) is Terence.*
Am I correct or way off the mark?
Yes, and Geoff's original [false] solution identified Cardinal (coming from the Latin cardinalis--hinge) as the murderer, before he realized the killer was unhinged, not hinged.
Excellent job!P.S. Now I feel that I have to back and refine my puzzle-plotting skills. Hmm...