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  • The Jan Stauber Grant
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  • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Novels
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Return of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- His Last Bow
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The Puzzles of Sherlock Holmes
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"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 -- Volume 2

Here are puzzles covering the Sherlockian Canon.  Each of parts below contains a Word Search puzzle, a Kriss-Kross puzzle, a cryptogram, and a word jumble.
1. A Study in Scarlet
2.  The Sign of Four   
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     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"
​15. "The Adventure of Silver Blaze"
16. "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box"
17. "The Adventure of the 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"




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Canon Puzzles -- Volume 1

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.
1. A Study in Scarlet​
​2. The Sign of Four
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Part 3
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Part 4
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Part 5
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Part 6​
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     The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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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"



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      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"


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27. Hound of the Baskervilles
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      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"


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​      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


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48. The Valley of Fear
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     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​


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  • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Novels
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Return of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- His Last Bow
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
  • Joel Senter Essay Contest
    • Essay Contest -- Introduction & Copyright
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      • Essay Contest -- 4th-6th Grade Form
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  • Junior Sherlockian Society
    • JSS Explore
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  • The Puzzles of Sherlock Holmes
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