Chapter 4 Poem

Question 1

DEFY

Answer 1

To resist or to challenge

Question 2

BAFFLEMENT

Answer 2

Total confusion

Question 3

SCOTLAND YARD

Answer 3

The headquarters of London Metropolitan Police Service

Question 4

FLYING SQUAD

Answer 4

A police force ready to plunge into action

Question 5

LEVITATION

Answer 5

The action of rising and floating in air

Question 6

FAKIR

Answer 6

A holy person who lives on alms and has the power to levitate

Question 7

GINGER

Answer 7

Alert and cautious

Question 8

FIEND

Answer 8

Demon

Question 9

FELINE

Answer 9

Cat

Question 10

DEPRAVITY

Answer 10

Evil quality

Question 11

LARDER

Answer 11

Cupboard for storing food

Question 12

RIFLE

Answer 12

Ransack to steal

Question 13

PEKE

Answer 13

A Pekinese dog

Question 14

STIFLE

Answer 14

To suppress someone from acting

Question 15

TRELLIS

Answer 15

Wooden bar used as a support for creepers

Question 16

ADMIRALIRY

Answer 16

A Government Department that administered the British Navy

Question 17

DECEITFULNESS

Answer 17

Cunningness

Question 18

SUAVITY

Answer 18

Confidence and sophistication

Question 19

ALIBI

Answer 19

A claim of evidence that one was elsewhere when a crime was committed

Question 20

MUNJORRIE AND GRIDDLEBONE

Answer 20

Fictional characters specialised in petty thefts and mischief in TS Elliot’s book ‘Old Possom’s Book of Practical Cats’

Question 21

NAPOLEAN OF CRIME

Answer 21

The commanding leader of criminals