From GEORGE to SMILEY

Fri, October 31, 2025
GEORGE
  (5)

Clues, out of order

________GEORGE, a popular modern marketplace
GEORGE ________, filmmaker whose most famous character is a nickname for ________
________ GEORGE, foundation for many emoji
A ________ GEORGE might be a brownie? (in the US)
Anagram GEORGE to get a gift-giver
Animal associated with Mr. GEORGE
Change one letter in GEORGE to get a kind of lookout
Change the last letter of GEORGE to a bigram (two letters) to get something with a spine
Counterpart to GEORGE
Famous part of GEORGE
The lead GEORGE, according to song
Where to find the GEORGE on a 🐕

About this Raddle

Our sixth witness is George Smiley, who's been around a mystery or two. His hint: consider why these characters make good witnesses, and not others. Someone dressed as, say, Bo Peep, or Meriadoc Brandybuck, would not fit in a Raddle-based mystery. [Update: the solution can be found here]

Theme: Halloween Whodunit

A murder has been committed at our Halloween party! Seven witnesses (in costume) have given testimony, in the form of Raddles. Can you tell which other guest did the crime?

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