Mutant metronome’s
stygian riddle
inscrutable fixation
              spuming 
clustered clairvoyance
honing snoopy 
quest querulous
        quicquidlibet
tamper connived
sinewy stratagem
plimsoll plot 
       “sneaker” of
wily webfooted
nefarious nudge
          at 
tenebrific toll
maple smoke
screen screed
          clandestine                               
cobwebs cohere
mohair marinated
          muddle
subdued thespian
herringbone hoodwink
skewed camouflage
perused  pearl
         inveigling
skulduggery rife
underscored cadence
                persuasive
percussive rattle
ubiquitous underbelly
             prop to
dodgy  dialogue 
muted ritardando 
silhouette streak
dangling magnet 
      mired in
gauche guesswork  
subterfuge sciophobia 40
                  inkpot
amorphous machination
fiction wizards
      emblazon 
indices incipient  
?embryo empiricism
                mouldering
cabinet coterie
spookish svengali
        minatorial    
repercussions 
   incurvate 
sniffer dog
      detective
poirrot’s prognosis
clouseau contingency
     that
rivetting mystery