Was this the man who had been scattering all those false clues about the place?

Because there are false clues within the grid, it can be difficult finding a good starting place.

This stain was little more than a red herring- a false clue.

And we put a lot of false clues in the cage.

Nick gets a list of false clues, that point to Wallace as the killer.

They run into a lot of false clues, I guess.

The Shadow had removed a false clue from the eyes of the police.

She wanted it merely for a lure, a false clue.

And for whose benefit was the false clue made?

That was to give the man a false clue.