And Then There Were None
Across
- 4. one of the weapons used to kill a victim
- 5. the means used to kill one of the characters
- 7. a symbolic item worn to disguise true intentions
- 10. a form of vigilante justice tied to some characters’ pasts
- 15. the shifting nature of the island, symbolizing danger
- 17. the number of people invited to the island
- 18. a theme that affects all the characters
- 21. something that leads to the unmasking of the killer
- 22. the place where the characters stay on the island
- 25. the cause of death for several of the victims
- 28. the identity that remains unclear until the end
- 29. the judge who orchestrates the murders
- 30. the remote location where the murders take place
- 32. the element that causes distrust and paranoia among the guests
- 34. the first victim to die
- 36. a clue that is heard in the dead of night
- 37. the weapon used to kill some victims
- 38. referring to the nursery rhyme that foreshadows the deaths
- 39. a former detective who is brought to the island under false pretenses
- 40. the setting often described during the murders
Down
- 1. the method used to kill some of the victims
- 2. Herring a misleading clue to confuse readers and characters
- 3. an object found by the final survivor after the murders
- 6. Owen the mysterious person who invites the characters to the island
- 8. the motif seen in the nursery rhyme and statues
- 9. a central theme of the novel
- 11. what the characters are each guilty of in some form
- 12. the hope many characters have, but it proves impossible
- 13. a man who carries a revolver and is accused of causing a death
- 14. the motive behind the murders
- 16. the person left standing at the end of the story
- 19. a condition suspected in some of the characters due to stress
- 20. the weather that traps the characters on the island, adding to the tension
- 23. the hidden pasts that each character brings to the island
- 24. the way one character meets their end
- 26. the fate awaiting all the characters
- 27. the place where the final victims are buried
- 31. what some of the characters use to justify their innocence
- 33. a woman who has a secret past and becomes one of the victims
- 35. the occupation of Blore before he was hired