The Table Plan
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Clue 1The guest book and the seating chart belong together. The order in which guests sat down matters more than the order they appear in the book.
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Clue 2The five symbols next to the chairs correspond to the symbols next to the names in the guest book. Write down the first names of each guest in the order they sat down (the seat numbers). Do you notice anything?
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Reveal the answer3. When you write down the first names of the five guests with the corresponding symbols next to their name in the guest book and on the Table Plan, in the order that they sat down (the numbers on the chairs will give you this, counting upwards), the first letter of each of their names spells out THREE (Theodore, Helena, Rosalind, Eleanor, Edmund).
The Wine Cellar Inventory
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Clue 1The ledger and the wine bottles don't quite match. Something - or rather, some bottles - appear in one but not the other.
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Clue 2Compare every bottle in the ledger against what's physically shown on the shelves. Two bottles are missing from the rack. Their years hold the answer - but only the final digit of each.
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Reveal the answer93. The two bottles missing from the wine rack are vintages from 2019 and 2023. Take the last digit of each year (9 and 3), as hinted out in M. Renaud's note.
The Portrait Gallery
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Clue 1Édouard's note is not decorative. Read it carefully...each sentence eliminates someone. Work through the family tree methodically, one clue at a time.
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Clue 2Four clues, four eliminations. Start with who is no longer living. Then consider which branch of the family tree each remaining portrait belongs to. Then think about age in 1961.
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Reveal the answer6. Following all four eliminations in order, only one portrait remains. The answer is the portrait number 6.
The Butler's Schedule
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Clue 1You will need the estate map as well as the butler's log. The ripped note isn't random. Three numbers, five lines - each set of three numbers is pointing you to something specific within the butler's log.
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Clue 2The first number is the line of the schedule. What could the other two numbers refer to?
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Reveal the answer8. The first number is the line of the schedule. The second is the word on that line. The third is the letter within that word. The five letters spell a room - STUDY. Find that room on the manor map and note its number: 8
The Estate Inventory
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Clue 1Mrs. Aldridge's log is a key piece of evidence to solve this puzzle. She was very precise - one item in each room simply doesn't belong with the others. What makes the odd one out different from its companions?
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Clue 2Think about what the four misplaced items have in common. You may find yourself humming a familiar Christmas tune.
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Reveal the answer21. The four odd ones out are Partridge (Day 1), French Hens (Day 3), Swan (Day 7), and Lord (Day 10) from The Twelve Days of Christmas song. Add the numbers together and you get 21.
The Morse Code Telegram
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Clue 1The telegram contains a sequence that isn't standard text. The reference card included in your pack was put there for a reason.
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Clue 2Use the Morse reference card to decode each symbol group separated by spaces. Each group is a number on the Morse Reference Card. What could these 26 numbers represent?
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Reveal the answer14. The 26 numbers on the Morse Reference Card hint to the 26 letters of the alphabet. Convert the numbers you have obtained from the morse code on the Telegram to letters (1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C etc.). The Morse code spells FOURTEEN.
