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Whodunit Clues #2 hints and answer, 2 November 2026
Hints go from gentle to obvious. Nothing is revealed until you tap it, so you can stop as soon as it clicks.
The puzzle
Toxic substance some hippo is only mildly bothered by. (6)
💡 Hint 1
Wordplay: a hidden word. The answer is sitting inside the clue, letters in a row, possibly across words.
💡 Hint 2
Look very closely at “hippo is only”.
💡 Hint 3
It starts with P.
🔓 Answer
POISON
Why it works
POISON is hiding in plain sight inside “hippo is only”. “some” is the signal. The definition is “Toxic substance”.
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