Arthur Conan Doyle
publication date: Saturday, December 8, 2018 (part of Winter 2019)
category: Literature
clue: Holmes, Watson, Moriarty, Lestrade, Adler, Moran -- and even Mycroft -- will live on forever, thanks to the imagination of this British doctor.
explanation: Doyle was a physician before turning to writing the many mysteries of Sherlock Holmes. more…
difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, and Erik Bates

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