Solution to The Baddest Man

by Aaron Dinkin

Who's the baddest man in the whole damn town? Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, that's who.

Each sentence in this puzzle summarizes the solutions to two or more Encyclopedia Brown mysteries. The mysteries clued are as follows:

The Case of the World Traveler
             ...Rubber Pillow
             ...Invisible Writing
             ...Time Capsule
             ...Earthenware Pig
             ...Hidden Will
             ...Overstuffed Pinata
             ...Whistling Ghost
         ...Hilbert's Song
             ...Explorer's Money
             ...Supermarket Shopper
         ...Orson's Tree
             ...Left-Handers Club
             ...Violinist's Chair
             ...Exploding Toilet
             ...Dwarf's Beard
             ...Wounded Toe
             ...Hollow Tree
             ...Overfed Pigs
             ...Gym Bag
             ...Red Boat
             ...Angry Cook
             ...Boy Juggler
             ...Bank Robber
         ...Excalibur
             ...Dinosaur Hunter
             ...Peace Offering
             ...Electric Clock
             ...Astronaut Duck
             ...Coffee Smoker
             ...Hidden Penny

The first letters of the titles (after "The Case of [the]") spell out WRITE HOW HE SOLVED WHO GRABBED PEACH. So, your team has to write a short Encyclopedia Brown–style mystery solution explaining how he was able to identify the guilty party in Peach's kidnapping. Once you do that, you get given the answer to the puzzle, CUL DE SAC.

Solutions were provided by the following teams: