Thread by @FrankMPaul

Right! Here's #OnlyConnect fan fiction Episode 2: Sleuths vs Suspects!

TWISTED FLAX

CLUE 1:
Top Five: earthenware pot

CLUE 2:
The Pink Panther: towards bed

CLUE 3:
Sleepless in Seattle: functional unit of the kidney

CLUE 4:
The Third Man: Coogler’s Rocky spin-off

WATER

CLUE 1:
Stephanie Bellars

CLUE 2:
Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant

CLUE 3:
Georgina Kirrin

CLUE 4:
Mary Ann Evans

TWO REEDS

CLUE 1:
Detective

CLUE 2:
Hospital

CLUE 3:
Punishment

CLUE 4:
League Baseball

LION

CLUE 1:

CLUE 2:

CLUE 3:

CLUE 4:

Olivia identifies the connection after three clues. “Oh, yes, well done, dear,” enthuses Jonquilline. “Isn’t this jolly?” The Suspects choose a hieroglyph.

EYE OF HORUS

CLUE 1:
Example

CLUE 2:
The Saint (possibly)

CLUE 3:
The Juice

CLUE 4:
Eminem

HORNED VIPER

CLUE 1:
Adolfo Pirelli (alias Daniel O’Higgins)

CLUE 2:
Peter Rabbit’s father

CLUE 3:
Chiron and Demetrius

CLUE 4:
24 examples of turdus merula

“Oh, yes, of course!” chirps Jonquilline, and buzzes in after 3 clues. At the end of Round 1, the Suspects have 4 points, the Sleuths have 7.

ROUND 2

The Suspects are first to choose a hieroglyph.

TWISTED FLAX

CLUE 1:
String quartet

CLUE 2:
Champagne tower

CLUE 3:
A cappella group

Next come the Sleuths.

HORNED VIPER

CLUE 1:

CLUE 2:

CLUE 3:

The Sleuths whisper animatedly and give the answer after two clues. “Jolly good!” says Jonquilline, clapping her hands together. Up next are the Suspects.

EYE OF HORUS

CLUE 1:
Loki

CLUE 2:
Mage

CLUE 3:
Aggi

The sweating suspects fail to come up with an answer. “It’s quite simple,” chirps Jonquilline as the Sleuths collect a bonus. They choose their own hieroglyph.

LION

CLUE 1:
Andover

CLUE 2:
Bexhill

CLUE 3:
Churston

The Sleuths greet the first clue with laughs and cheers. “Well, this is up our street!” exclaims Jonquilline, buzzing in after one clue while the Suspects look on revoltedly. It’s the Suspects’ turn.

TWO REEDS

CLUE 1:
First recorded ascent of Ben Nevis

CLUE 2:
Alexander II and James Garfield assassinated

CLUE 3:
Dissolution of the Soviet Union

WATER

CLUE 1:
Middle Eastern spice blend

CLUE 2:
India

CLUE 3:
Bandmate of Hassall, Powell and Doherty

They take three clues to get to the answer. At the end of Round 2, the Suspects have 8 points, the Sleuths have 18.

They emerge with 6 points. “I should have got those other answers...” Olivia is muttering.
“Never mind, dear,” says Jonquilline. “Now, after all, comes the real test.”
“As our friend Monsieur Holmes would say,” adds Achille, “the game is afoot.”

ROUND 4: Missing vowels

British and American titles of Agatha Christie novels
LRDDGW RDSN DTHRTNTD NNR
HRCLPRTSCH RSTMSN DMR DRFRCHRSTMS
MRDRNTHR NTXPRSSNDM RDRNTH CLSCCH
THYDTW THMRR RSND MRDRWTHMR RRS

All four points go to the Sleuths.

Confessions are associated with...:
JNJ C QSRSS
RM NCTH LCS
SR SFBR TSHSX CMDS
S MNMY

This time the twitchy fingers of the Suspects beat their opponents to the buzzer three times. The Sleuths pocket the remaining point.

Murderers called William:
BL LSKS
B RKN DHR
BLL YT HKD
WL LMSMS NP

The End #OnlyConnect

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