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No, Sey," my respected connection went on, after another long pause, sipping his coffee pensively, "I feel I must be aided in this superhuman task by a professional unraveller of cunning disguises.

From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Allen, Grant

Cleek the unraveller of a thousand riddles that had puzzled the cleverest brains in the universe!

From The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by De Maris, Walter

Submit to Fate without unseemly wrangle: Such complications frequently occur— Life is one closely complicated tangle: Death is the only true unraveller!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

Nor, before that date, was any allusion made to him as a possible unraveller of the Sudan difficulty, in the Press.

From Eminent Victorians by Strachey, Giles Lytton

At that time, before Rouletabille had given proof of his unique talent, Larsan was reputed as the most skilful unraveller of the most mysterious and complicated crimes.

From Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston