Raddle #239Crime Fiction

From LOCKED to ROOM

Tue, October 21, 2025
LOCKED
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Clues, out of order

________LOCKED, a kind of character in a mystery novel
Black or green stuff that might go in a LOCKED
Change one letter in LOCKED to get punched
Drop a bigram (two letters) in LOCKED to get a piece of apparel
Drop a letter from LOCKED to get a word on many school posters
Reverse LOCKED to get a kind of shot
"LOCKED the ________!"
Uncooked LOCKED
What covers a LOCKED
What might be served with LOCKED and also starts and ends with "LOCKED"

About this Raddle

In locked-room mysteries, there’s no clear way that the culprit could have entered the scene, killed and left. The first in this genre is generally considered to be Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” published in 1841.

Theme: Crime Fiction

We unpack some of our favorite tropes from crime fiction.