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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

Your reputation, both as a scientist and as an unraveller of tangled skeins, is too good for me to boggle about your methods.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry

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

She looked round with the triumphant smile of a successful unraveller of mystery.

From The Toys of Peace, and other papers by Saki