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3	'''Related Indexes:'''
4	+ ForensicPhlebotinum
5	+ MysteryTropes
6	]
7	An index for ways in which characters can deduce a clue from their environment:
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9	!!Verbal clues
10	* ConvictionByContradiction: Someone is revealed as guilty due to their story having an inconsistency.
11	* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Rendering oneself guilty by having knowledge that they shouldn't have.
12	* INeverToldYouMyName: Rendering oneself guilty by knowing someone's name which they shouldn't.
13	* LooseLips: Unintentionally spilling information.
14	* NotableNonSequitur: A seemingly nonsensical line that turns out to be a clue.
15	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Denying something in a way that makes them look guilty.
16	* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: They called you ''that'' just now? Something's wrong.
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18	!!Written/visual clues
19	* AffairLetters: Love letters reveal an affair.
20	* CondensationClue: A hidden message written in condensation with a finger.
21	* ConvenientPhotograph: A photograph captures a piece of crucial information.
22	* CouldntFindAPen: Writing down a clue with something else than a pen, most likely blood.
23	* DyingClue: A cryptically written message by a dying character.
24	* EnhanceButton: A clue derived from impossible image enhancement.
25	* InvisibleWriting: Writings that aren't visible to the naked eye.
26	* RewindReplayRepeat: Replaying video to get a better look at a clue in it.
27	* SecretSocietyGroupPicture: A picture of the past connects characters.
28	* WritingIndentationClue: Rubbing a pencil on a "blank" notebook paper to reveal secret words.
29
30	!!Suspicious character behavior
31	* CoverIdentityAnomaly: An imposter doesn't know a basic piece of information about their cover identity.
32	* ImposterForgotOneDetail: A Doppelgänger makes a slip that gives them away.
33	* TheKillerWasLeftHanded: Left-handedness as a clue.
34	* NotHimself: Getting suspicious of a character not acting like their normal self.
35	* OutOfCharacterAlert: An out-of-character action or statement reveals an imposter.
36	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: An out-of-character action or statement alerts of some danger.
37	* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: A phrase that reveals a character's true identity.
38	* SpottingTheThread: A deception is broken by one subtle flaw.
39	* SuspiciouslyPrescientPlanning: Excessively and specifically preparing for an event indicates foreknowledge of it happening.
40	* TheTell: A character's body language and/or behavior indicates how they're truly feeling.
41
42	!!Revealing items
43	* AffairHair: A hair renders someone guilty of an affair.
44	* AnachronisticClue: An item becomes a clue by being from the wrong time period.
45	* BookmarkClue: A clue is revealed because someone used it for a bookmark.
46	* CallingCard: A criminal's signature clue.
47	* ClockDiscrepancy: The clock was wrong.
48	* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: Clothing being character-specific as a clue.
49	* GoingByTheMatchbook: A branded item, such as a matchbook, provides a clue.
50	* FramedClue: A clue hides behind a picture frame.
51	* IdentificationByDentalRecords: Dental records reveal the identity of a victim.
52	* LipstickMark: A lipstick mark convicts someone of an affair.
53	* OrgyOfEvidence: The sheer amount of clues reveals that they're fake.
54	* RevealingInjury: A revealed injury serves as a clue.
55	* SignatureItemClue: A personal item found provides a vital clue.
56	* SignedWithAKiss: A lipstick mark gives away the identity of a letter's author.
57	* StoppedClock: The clock stopped when something happened.
58
59	!!Environmental clues
60	* BitterAlmonds: Cyanide traces identified by their smell.
61	* DetectivesFollowFootprints: A detective follows footprints as a clue.
62	* FootprintsOfMuck: Footprints as a clue.
63	* FreshClue: A clue that someone was present not too long ago.
64	* AGlitchInTheMatrix: A hint that it's AllJustADream.
65	* GPSEvidence: A clue that points to a specific location.
66	* ImminentDangerClue: A clue that spells imminent danger.
67	* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Silence is ominous.
68	* TrailOfBlood: Someone leaves blood behind as a clue.
69	* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: Someone leaves temporary clues behind.
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71	!!Other
72	* AbsenceOfEvidence: The absence of something is a clue in and of itself.
73	* ClueEvidenceAndASmokingGun: A very evident evidence renders moot the deductive, minute, and preceding ones.
74	* ClueOfFewWords: A plotpoint, mystery, or puzzle involves interpreting the meaning of only one to three words.
75	* CriminalMindGames: A criminal intentionally leaves behind clues.
76	* FingertipDrugAnalysis: Tasting a substance to check if it is drugs.
77	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Foreshadowing an event just moments before it happens.
78	* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Foreign money being a clue because it's foreign.
79	* ForensicAccounting: Cracking secrets by tracing their finances and paperwork.
80	* TheKetchupTest: Tasting a substance to check if it is blood.
81	* QuietCryForHelp: A character asking help from others by some indirect hints.
82	* PolicePsychic: Psychic powers being used to get a clue.
83	* RegularlyScheduledEvil: The regularity of the crime is a clue.
84	* RevealingContinuityLapse: An in-universe continuity error, meant to signify something about the story, setting or characters.
85	* RevealingCoverup: Hiding something in such a way that just draws attention to it.
86	* SherlockScan: Noticing a few simple clues with a subsequent impressive logical conclusion.
87	* SniffSniffNom: Using your sense of taste to identify substances.
88	* SuspiciouslyCleanCriminalRecord: A clean criminal record raises suspicion.
89
90	!!Hiding clues
91	* ClockTampering: Someone messed with this clock.
92	* CorpseTemperatureTampering: Interfering with the natural cooling of a dead body to obfuscate the time of death.
93	* CutAndPasteNote: Making a note out of existing text to avoid leaving handwriting clues.
94	* DestroyTheEvidence: Destroying or hiding evidence for another character's crimes.
95	* EatTheEvidence: Disposing of clues by eating them.
96	* FakingAndEntering: Staging a break-in to cover up something else.
97	* FieryCoverup: Burning the evidence for your crime.
98	* HideTheEvidence: Hiding clues to prevent them from being found.
99	* InconvenientlyVanishingExoneratingEvidence: Important evidence disappears.
100	* ItWasHereISwear: While witnesses are being retrieved, the evidence disappears.
101	* ObfuscatingPostmortemWounds: Additional wounds are inflicted on a corpse to mask the true cause of death.
102
103	!!Clues that are not
104	* TheCorpseStopsHere: A person seen hunching over the victim's body is never the culprit.
105	* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: A document is missing the part that could give away a clue.
106	* FalseConfession: Confessing to crimes that you didn't do to confuse the investigation.
107	* MistakenForEvidence: What you thought was a clue, wasn't.
108	* PossessionPresumesGuilt: An innocent person holds an item that makes them look guilty.
109	* RedHerring: Something which seems like a clue but isn't.
110	* UselessSecurityCamera: No clues from the cameras.

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