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Whodunit Clues #10 hints and answer, 10 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
Let them lock away, in part, a deadly plant. (7)
💡 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 “them lock”.
💡 Hint 3
It starts with H.
🔓 Answer
HEMLOCK
Why it works
HEMLOCK is hiding in plain sight inside “them lock”. “in part” is the signal. The definition is “deadly plant”.
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