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fj

A white wine from Burgundy.

fk

Counterfeiter.

fl

Reckless gambler on horse races.

fm

Uncomfortable circumstances, especially financial trouble.

fn

Fashionable street known for its many doctors.

fo

People who hang around racetracks looking for tips about horses.

fp

Actually, the femur doesn’t have an upper condyle (protuberance).

fq

Four-wheeled carriage that has an elevated seat in front for the driver; inside, two facing double seats; and, over the back seats, a folding top.

fr

Sufficient retirement income to meet one’s needs.

fs

Principal bishops in the Coptic Church, an Egyptian branch of Christianity.

ft

Royal Albert Hall is a huge concert building in London; no singer named Carina has been identified.

fu

Crockford’s Clerical Directory lists all the clergy of the Church of England.

fv

Reference to the Bible, I Corinthians 14:40: “Let all things be done decently and in order” (KJV).

fw

Institution in Berkshire for the criminally insane.

fx

So called because cricket features eleven players on each side.

fy

Home of great violin makers from the Amati family, as well as Antonio Stradivari.

fz

Medical personnel who bandage wounds and surgical incisions.

ga

Abbreviation for two pence, or 1/6 of a shilling.

gb

Scottish writer Thomas Gordon translated the works of the Roman historian Tacitus into English in 1728. Sir William Temple (1628-1699) was an English essayist. Alexander Pope wrote acclaimed translations of Homer’s Iliad (1720) and Odyssey (1725-1726). The Spectator was a popular and influential daily paper published from 1711 to 1712 by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was a poet, essayist, novelist, and dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

gc

The huge bureaucracy that administered British rule in India.

gd

Returning by the post office after rejection by a publisher.

ge

Just the opposite judgment has been true: Without Holmes, his name would be known only to scholars and his descendants.

gf

Name of the home in which Arthur Conan Doyle lived.

gg

The painter is the rope that attaches the bow of a boat to its mooring.

gh

Bus with rows of seating for sightseers.

gi

Contradicted (from the Latin root meaning “to cross”).

gj

A character, known as the “gentleman burglar,” in novels by Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941).

gk

William Gillette (1855-1937), American actor who portrayed Holmes on stage and on film.