Cryptic Clue
A secret too dangerous to be written down, except in code.
Purchased for 4 pence, sells for 2 pence
Using Cryptic Clues
Put Your Cryptic Clues to Use
There are some things we were not meant to know, they say. But you wouldn't be down here if you took that seriously.
Swap Cryptic Clues for Appalling Secrets with a Disgraced Philosopher
Was she ejected from the Square of Lofty Words because of what she knew? [This will always gain you Appalling Secrets, and you might get lucky and gain something else.]
Unlocked with 50 x Cryptic Clue
A matter of luck: pretty good odds.
Trade a great many Cryptic Clues
If you need to keep a score of people awake for weeks, you have the goods.
[This will always gain you many Appalling Secrets.]
Unlocked with 500 x Cryptic Clue
A queer old place
What a curious town London has become. Where else are secrets as dependable a currency as bank notes? You should write to someone on the Surface about it all.
A matter of luck: it could go either way.
Invite option.
Old action
Obtaining Whispered Hints
Note: Some of the values may be inaccurate.
Ladybones Road | Unlocked | Unavailable | Item Gain |
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Scrutinise infernal contracts - Disentangle the red tape |
A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets 4 | 25 x Cryptic Clue | |
Learn Clathermont the Tattooist's language of hints - Get casual work sweeping the parlour floor - and listen in |
A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets exactly 1 | 9 x Cryptic Clue | |
Learn Clathermont the Tattooist's language of hints - Get casual work sweeping the parlour floor - and listen in |
A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets exactly 1 | A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets more than 1 | 9 x Cryptic Clue |
Study the secrets of Fallen London - Decipher graffiti |
Watchful 1 | Rare: 2 Cryptic Clue | |
Spite | Unlocked | Unavailable | Item Gain |
The Alleys of Spite - The Cats of Spite — Catch a grey cat in the nave of the church of All Christs |
Shadowy 6 | 24 x Cryptic Clue |
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