The Puzzles of Sherlock Holmes

The Puzzles of Sherlock Holmes
"It was a strange puzzle, and yet I knew that my mind could never know ease again until I had solved it." Yellow Face

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Canon Puzzles

Here are puzzles covering the Sherlockian Canon. Each of parts below contains a Word Search puzzle, a Kriss-Kross puzzle, and a traditional Crossword puzzle.

I will be posting a new puzzle each week on Thursday.

1. A Study in Scarlet

2. The Sign of Four

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
3. "A Scandal in Bohemia"
4. "The Red-Headed League"
5. "A Case of Identity"
6. "The Boscombe Valley Mystery"
7. "The Adventure of the Five Orange Pips"
8. "The Man with the Twisted Lip"
9. "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"
10. "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
11. "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb"
12. "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor"
13. "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet"
14. "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches"

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
15. "Silver Blaze"
16. "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box"
17. "The Adventure of Yellow Face"
18. "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk"
19. "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott"
20. "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual"
21. "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire"
22. "The Adventure of the Crooked Man"
23. "The Adventure of the Resident Patient"
24. "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter"
25. "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty"
26. "The Final Problem"

27. Hound of the Baskervilles

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
28. The Adventure of the Empty House
29. The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
30. The Adventure of the Dancing Men
31. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
32. The Adventure of the Priory School
33. The Adventure of Black Peter
34. The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
35. The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
36. The Adventure of the Three Students
37. The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
38. The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
39. The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
40. The Adventure of the Second Stain

His Last Bow
41. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
42. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
43. The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
44. The Adventure of the Red Circle
45. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
46. The Adventure of the Dying Detective
47. His Last Bow

48. The Valley of Fear

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
49. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
50. The Problem of Thor Bridge
51. The Adventure of the Creeping Man
52. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
53. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
54. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
55. The Adventure of the Three Gables
56. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
57. The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
58. The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
59. The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
60. The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place

The Frank Morley Saturday Review Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle was published in the Saturday Review in May, 1934. Those who completed the puzzle perfectly would be eligible Baker Street Irregular membership.

Crossword Puzzle

Themed Puzzles

Jay Finley Christ Abbreviations

The Titles of the Canon

Law Enforcement in the Canon

States / Provinces in the Canon

Streets, Roads, and Lanes, Oh My

This is our Land (Countries Referenced in the Canon)

Home, Sweet Home (Items at 221b)

Lions, Tigers, and Bears (Animals and other Critters in the Canon)

A Rose by any Other Name (1st Names of the Canon)

Tell Us a Story (Unpublished Cases of the Canon)

My Kind of Town (Towns of the UK mentioned in the Canon)

Across the Pond (Cities of America mentioned in the Canon)

Other Sherlockian Puzzles

Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- June 25, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Missing Carpenter
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- July 02, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Runaway King
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- July 09, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Shorn Chinaman
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- July 16, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Absent Tutor
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- August 13, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Miser's Will
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- August 20, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Kidnapped Child
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- August 27, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Missing Pet
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- September 03, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Truant School Boy
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- September 10, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Papers Stolen from an Envoy
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- September 17, 1905 -- Sherlock Holmes Explains Mysterious Clues
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- September 24, 1905 -- The Mystery Connected with the Solitary Cycle
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- October 1, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Young Millionaire
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- October 15, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Recreant Butler
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- October 22, 1905 -- The Farmyard Mystery
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- November 19, 1905 -- The Matrimonial Mystery
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- June 18, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Stolen Heiress
Elliot Keen Sherlock Holmes Puzzles -- August 08, 1905 -- The Mystery of the Lost Playthings

Pennang Punny Quiz -- Hound of the Baskervilles (developed by Michael McClure)

Story Titles of the Canon - Puns (developed by John Addy)

Answers to these Sherlockian Puzzles