Visual Description: Stereotypical mad scientists.
SEEBO = OBESE, MORGO = GROOM, INGRIF = FIRING, GAHOME = HOMAGE — Giving us: EGMRNMA
Clue/Question: In Berlin, the bacteriologist was considered a . . .
Answer: “GERM–MAN“
(Very punny! All the clue words jumped off the page, for me. Sorry this is a little late. Had to be somewhere.) — YUR
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EASY one!! Got the answer before I did the words….By the way, blooper on the backdrop: scenery outside the window is skyline for Moscow, NOT Berlin…………..
It didn’t look like a classic German skyline to me either, 356alive. But, I’ll just have to take your word on it being Moscow. I haven’t yet made it that far.
YUR