Slyness holding shipment in choppe--guillotine in Hamilton Temple's bedroom
(GUILLOTINE ("choppe") is GUILE ("Slyness") "holding" LOT ("shipment") + IN)

Poor drainage could still produce a flower--gardenia in painting at top of stairs
(GARDENIA ("flower") is an anagram ("poor") of "drainage")

Sounds like it got higher from wine--rose in Martine Burden's room, to the left of dresser
(ROSE means both "got higher" and "wine") ("Sounds" would indicate a homophone, but the two words aren't homophones. A better clue would have been "Got higher - looks like wine")

What kind of jewelry is angrier?--earring on vanity in Julia Heine's room
(EARRING ("kind of jewelry") is an anagram of "angrier")

You might hear a well-mannered Cockney with a '60s hairstyle--beehive game in Room at the
Top (good luck)
(BEEHIVE ("60's hairstyle") is a Cockney pronunciation of BEHAVE ("well-mannered")

Instrument is sharp, but missing its head--harp in Music Room
(HARP is "sharp" without its first letter ("missing its head"))

A defective truck with a crane makes for a ball-busting ballet--nutcracker in upstairs hall, just
outside Game Room
(NUTCRACKER ("ball-busting" and "ballet") is an anagram ("defective") of "truck crane")

Look at key missing first misprinted label--eyeball on pool table in Game Room
(EYEBALL ("Look at") is EY ("Key missing first") plus an anagram ("misprinted") of "label")

Disabled cutting edge--knife sticking out of headboard in Hamilton Temple's bed
(BLADE ("cutting edge") is an anagram ("dis") of "abled")

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