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This character confesses a fear of air-guns after he narrowly avoids being killed by a two-horse van, a falling brick, (20[1])and a bludgeon, all in (20[1])the same day. In his death note, this character admits he immediately knew (20[1])that the story about a sick Englishwoman at an inn in Meiringen was a hoax. (20[1])This character returned from a few months’ exile in Tibet after 20,000 (*) readers (10[1])wrote letters (10[2])to The Strand (10[1])complaining (10[2])about (10[1])his (10[2])death. (10[8])This master (10[1])of (10[1])baritsu (10[2])wins (10[1])a fistfight atop a Swiss waterfall (10[4])with a math (10[2])professor (10[1])dubbed “the Napoleon of Crime.” At the start of “The Final (10[1])Problem,” Professor Moriarty tracks this character to his Baker Street residence. (10[1])For 10 points, name this detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle. ■END■ (10[1])

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