Clue corrections
Four of the Color the Town Dead books went out with a wording error in some of their yellow flour-trail clues. Each clue below named only the first avenue of a wider stretch, so a reader following the words exactly could not bring the town down to a single door.
The corrected wording is below. Find your book, check the clue on the page shown, and if your copy reads the old way, color the homes the corrected clue clears. Every other clue in these books is unchanged, and so is the answer.
I'm sorry for the trouble. You trusted every clue to be true, and these weren't worded the way they should have been. — Dot
Printable corrected clue pages (PDF)
Eight pages, each labeled with its book and page number, to lay beside your copy.
Little Dimbleby
Clue 40, page 98
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 40th avenue, dusting every doorstep from Eiderdown to Fernbank street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 40th avenue to 53rd avenue, from Eiderdown to Fernbank street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Clue 68, page 100
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 57th avenue, dusting every doorstep from Eiderdown to Fernbank street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 57th avenue to 58th avenue, from Eiderdown to Fernbank street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Clue 69, page 101
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 61st avenue, dusting every doorstep from Ivybridge to Jugmarsh street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 61st avenue to 62nd avenue, from Ivybridge to Jugmarsh street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Saltmere
Clue 38, page 98
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 50th avenue, dusting every doorstep from Yardarm to Portside street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 50th avenue to 51st avenue, from Yardarm to Portside street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Clue 51, page 99
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 43rd avenue, dusting every doorstep from Tiller to Undertow street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 43rd avenue to 47th avenue, from Tiller to Undertow street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Clue 52, page 99
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 54th avenue, dusting every doorstep from Tiller to Undertow street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 54th avenue to 58th avenue, from Tiller to Undertow street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Clue 78, page 101
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 48th avenue, dusting every doorstep from Mizzen to Nautilus street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 48th avenue to 49th avenue, from Mizzen to Nautilus street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Clue 80, page 101
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 58th avenue, dusting every doorstep from Mackerel to Marlinspike street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 58th avenue to 59th avenue, from Mackerel to Marlinspike street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Ashmore
Clue 79, page 102
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 40th avenue, dusting every doorstep from Errata to Footnote street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 40th avenue to 41st avenue, from Errata to Footnote street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Clue 80, page 102
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 59th avenue, dusting every doorstep from Blackletter to Bursar street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 59th avenue to 60th avenue, from Blackletter to Bursar street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Halloween in Hollowvale
Clue 71, page 101
PrintedThe flour trail turned up 50th avenue, dusting every doorstep from Veil to Wickwood street - passed, and therefore innocent.
CorrectThe flour spread wide here: every doorstep from 50th avenue to 51st avenue, from Veil to Wickwood street, was dusted - passed, and therefore innocent.
Not affected
Christmas in Tinselwick, Advent in Calendale, Gravensmoor, Edelmark and the free Willowmere and Mistlecombe cases need no corrections.