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Whodunit Clues #9 hints and answer, 9 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
Duel at the opera pier, partly with a slender blade. (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 “opera pier”.
💡 Hint 3
It starts with R.
🔓 Answer
RAPIER
Why it works
RAPIER is hiding in plain sight inside “opera pier”. “partly” is the signal. The definition is “slender blade”.
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