9. Mystery Pub 2

Pub 2

Sounds like it’s understood to sleep over – not in its den!

(Which one? Fairfax built a bridge here on 22^nd May 1645)

I still pick up the Times every now and then to have a peek at the crossword, for old times’ sake. I can sometimes get two or three answers  these days. But Pub 2’s clue has cryptic written all over it though, doesn’t it? Mean anything to you? That last bit – Fairfax rings a bell. Should be easy to check out.

So Morse did get directly involved in the case, as we see from the first interview. Not sure whether he was assigned or it just caught his interest. Murder was his main priority but despite what you’d think we didn’t get many of them over the years – you’ve heard about all of them in the press, no doubt. So he was obviously asked to do other stuff most of the time. The early stages of a Missing Persons is a bit beneath him though. Unless he thought it was murder… Or maybe he just wanted to solve a pub puzzle…