WHO CAN BE THE FIRST TO IDENTIFY THESE KEY WORDS (WINNER HAS TO IDENTIFY THEM ALL) ALL OF THE LETTERS ARE INITIAL LETTERS OF KEY THINGS (ALWAYS OBJECTS) CONNECTED TO THE GREAT MAN. THEY ARE NOT RELATED TO A PARTICULAR EPISODE:
BEST OF LUCK AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS
ANSWER ANNOUNCED ON CHRISTMAS DAY
BONUS - FIRST ONE COMPLETED FOR YOU
C - CAR
C
D
N
P
R
S
C
S
E
C - CAR
C - CIGAR
D - DOG
N - NOTEBOOK
P - PENCIL
R - RAINCOAT
S - SUIT
C - CHILI
S - SHOES
E - EGGS (Tough one, several episodes he either cooks eggs or walks around with hard-boiled eggs)
s is the only outstanding one.
Remember a tangible thing often (almost always) associated with him. Clue - interestingly and brilliantly - they appear at the building climatic moment so often when Columbo first starts to rattle the murderer - so often appears when the murderer begins to realise that Columbo is not so muddle headed...
Best of luck
Answer for last clue announced Christmas day - unless someone gets it
Best of luck
Happy Christmas all Columbo fans.
Well done for getting so close.
As promised the Christmas Day Big Annoucement of the answer:
Only letter outstanding:
s = scraps (of paper)
(He so often pulls out a scrap of paper from his pocket at the crucial moment of tension and says 'oh, that's nothing...I've got it here somewhere...)