| Hint | Character |
| He tried to kill himself after an accident put his mobility in jeopardy. | |
| He almost moved to New York to join his father's law firm. | |
| She blamed herself when the town's children were lost in a blizzard. | |
| His sister was the fat lady in a traveling circus. | |
| She was held captive under a house by the mother of a deceased friend. | |
| He was outraged when his wife decided to take a job at the post office. | |
| He was surprised when an uncle remembered him in his will. | |
| She fought an underlying attraction to a young handyman who worked on her house. | |
| She almost burned down her family's barn while trying to study. | |
| She adopted the Sanderson children after marrying Isaiah Edwards. | |