The strange thing you should immediately see is the negative time "-03:23" in Bed A3, which suggests that these "presentation times" aren't a 24-hr clock. They are in fact calendar years, with the negative sign indicating BC.
Searching up those years should reveal that a monarch died on each of those years. The "presenting problem" column describes the circumstances of their deaths. For example, Bed A1 refers to King Albert I of Belgium dying in 1934 in a mountaineering accident. We then use their regnal number to index into the name, e.g. taking A from ALBERT I.
| Bed | Monarch | Year of death | Cause of death | Extracted letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | ALBERT I of Belgium | 1934 | Mountaineering accident | A |
| A2 | ELIZABETH II of the United Kingdom | 2022 | "Old age" | L |
| A3 | ALEXANDER III of Macedon | 323 BC | Possibly typhoid fever | E |
| A4 | ALEXIOS IV of the Byzantine Empire | 1204 | Strangled | X |
| A5 | PETER II of Portugal | 1706 | Seizure 2nd to cholecystitis | E |
| A6 | ISABELLA I of Spain (Castile) | 1504 | Heart failure | I |
| A7 | JAMES V of Scotland | 1542 | Cholera or dysentery | S |
| A8 | EDWARD VI of England | 1553 | Possibly TB | D |
| A9 | CHRISTIAN VII of Denmark | 1808 | Stroke | I |
| A10 | SELIM I of the Ottoman Empire | 1520 | Carbuncle | S |
| A11 | BONIFACE VIII (Pope) | 1303 | Febrile illness | E |
| A12 | ALARIC I of the Visigoths | 411 | Febrile illness | A |
| A13 | CHARLES VII of the Holy Roman Empire | 1745 | Gout | S |
| A14 | SEVERUS II of Rome | 307 | Suicide by venesection | E |
The cluephrase is ALEXEI'S DISEASE, referring to the Russian prince Alexei Romanov, who was perhaps the most famous sufferer of haemophilia B, also known as the "Royal Disease" because of its prevalence in European royalty due to inbreeding. Therefore, HAEMOPHILIA and HAEMOPHILIA B are the accepted solutions.
(But not HEMOPHILIA lol. Learn to spell you Yank.)
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Guess log
| Guess | Frequency |
|---|---|
| HAEMOPHILIA | 31 |
| ALEXEISDISEASE | 3 |
| HAEMOPHILIAB (accepted alternative) | 3 |
| ALEXANDERTHEGREAT | 2 |
| ALEXEIDISEASE | 2 |
| HEMOPHILIA | 2 |
| STROKE | 2 |
| ABAAPSJECCBACS | 1 |
| ABAXESSDICEASE | 1 |
| ACS | 1 |
| ACUTE | 1 |
| ACUTEPULMONARYOEDEMA | 1 |
| AEAAPIJECSBACF | 1 |
| AJAAPSJECCBACS | 1 |
| AJAXESSDICEASE | 1 |
| AJEXEESDICEASE | 1 |
| ALASHEISDISEASE | 1 |
| ALASHISDISEASE | 1 |
| ALEXEESDISEASE | 1 |
| ALEXENSDISEASE | 1 |
| ALEXIEDISEASE | 1 |
| ALEXIPHARMAKON | 1 |
| ALEXISDISEASE | 1 |
| ALEXOLIINRICTU | 1 |
| AOEXEESDICEASE | 1 |
| ASD | 1 |
| ASSASSINATION | 1 |
| AUSTINPOWERS | 1 |
| AUTISM | 1 |
| CORONATIONOFKINGSTHROUGHOUTHISTORY | 1 |
| DAVINCI | 1 |
| DROPSY | 1 |
| EAJAMASISCE | 1 |
| EMERGENCY | 1 |
| FEVER | 1 |
| GEAMAIJEGHWTLC | 1 |
| HAEMOPHILLIA | 1 |
| HEARTFAILURE | 1 |
| HEMOPHILIAB | 1 |
| HENOCHSCHNLEIN | 1 |
| HENOCHSCHONLEIN | 1 |
| HERNIATED | 1 |
| ISCHAEMIA | 1 |
| KAWASAKI | 1 |
| MYOCARDIAL | 1 |
| NSTEACS | 1 |
| NSTEMI | 1 |
| OXALOACETATE | 1 |
| PRINZMETAL | 1 |
| TAKSUBO | 1 |
| TEST | 1 |
| THALASSAEMIA | 1 |