1

Encyclopedia Brown usually spent several weeks visiting crime scenes before solving his father's cases.

2

Tim Nolan left his palm-tree nursery and all his possessions to Daniel Davenport in his will.

3

The stolen loot was found hidden underneath the kitchen floorboards inside Nolan's home.

4

There was only one young fir tree growing in Nolan's palm-tree nursery.

5

Encyclopedia deduced that the fifth unwritten word in the sequence was 'Saturday'.

6

The four coded words 'Nom Utes Sweden Hurts' represented Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

7

The coded word 'Nom' was an anagram created by shortening the name of the month November.

8

Mrs. Brown had taught English and other subjects in high school.

9

Nolan wrote his coded message on the back of an old restaurant menu.

10

Police officers Lewis and Maloney searched Nolan's home under a court order but found none of the stolen jewellery.

11

After leaving prison, Tim Nolan operated a large and wealthy apple orchard in Idaville.

12

Tim Nolan and Daniel Davenport originally became friends while serving time in a South Carolina prison.

13

Tim Nolan was arrested and sent to prison immediately after the Diamond Mart hold-up.

14

Chief Brown hesitated to tell others about his son because he thought no one would believe an eighth grader was the best detective.

15

Most people in Idaville called the boy detective by his real name, Leroy.

16

Leroy Brown's father served as the Chief of Police in Idaville.