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4 Clue
BEFORE I LEFT, I WOUND THE WALL CLOCK. WHEN I RETURNED, THE CHANGE IN TIME EQUALED HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GO TO MY FRIENDS HOUSE AND RETURN, PLUS THE TIME I SPENT THERE. BUT I KNEW THE LATTER BECAUSE I LOOKED AT MY FRIENDS WATCH WHEN I ARRIVED AND LEFT. SUBTRACTING THE TIME OF THE VISIT FROM THE TIME I WAS ABSENT FROM MY HOUSE, AND DIVIDING BY 2, I OBTAINED THE TIME IT TOOK ME TO RETURN HOME. I ADDED THIS TIME TO WHAT MY FRIEND WATCH SHOWED WHEN I LEFT, AND SET THE SUM ON MY WALL CLOCK THERE ARE NUMEROUS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. SOME OF THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS CAN BE FOUND BELOW. 13 > 9 > 13 > 14 > 10 > 6 > 5 > 1 > 2 > 3 > 7 > 11 > 15 > 16 > 12 > 8 > 4 13 > 9 > 13 > 14 > 10 > 11 > 15 > 16 > 12 > 8 > 7 > 6 > 5 > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 13 > 14 > 13 > 9 > 10 > 11 > 15 > 16 > 12 > 8 > 7 > 6 > 5 > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 A FEW OTHER POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ARE: 13 > 9 > 13 > 14 > 15 > 16 > 12 > 11 > 10 > 6 > 5 > 1 > 2 > 3 > 7 > 8 > 4 13 > 14 > 13 > 9 > 5 > 1 > 2 > 6 > 10 > 11 > 15 > 16 > 12 > 8 > 7 > 3 > 4 THE CRIMINAL SHOULD OPEN DOOR NUMBER 2. IF THE 1ST STATEMENT IS TRUE, THEN THE 2ND STATEMENT WILL ALSO BE TRUE. SO WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT THE 2ND STATEMENT IS TRUE AND THE 1ST STATEMENT IS FALSE. FROM THE 2ND STATEMENT, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A LADY IN ONE OF THE ROOMS AND A TIGER IS IN THE OTHER ROOM. THE LADY HAS TO BE BEHIND DOOR 2 AS THE FIRST STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE JASON MCCUBBINS, RAY'S BUSINESS PARTNER. THE CALENDAR IS THE CLUE TO SOLVING THIS MURDER. THE POLICE REALIZED THAT SINCE MR. WHITCOMBE WAS WEARING HIS WATCH ON HIS RIGHT ARM, HE MUST BE LEFT HANDED. BUT THE PEN WAS FOUND IN HIS RIGHT HAND. REALIZING THAT THE NUMBER ON THE CALENDAR WAS WRITTEN IN A HURRY AND WITH HIS OPPOSITE HAND, POLICE MATCHED THE WRITTEN NUMBER WITH THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. SO THE B WAS AN 8, THEREBY GIVING US 7-8-9-10-11: JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. USE THE FIRST LETTER OF EACH MONTH AND IT SPELLS J-A-S-O-N