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Daily case

The Country House

21 August 2026 · 8×8 · ●●○○ hard

One fresh case a day — not from the book but made for this page and held to the same standard: exactly one solution, solvable without guessing.

MirrorClockRugVaseDeskCrateChairChandelierConservatoryDining RoomPantryLibraryParlorStudyKitchen1A2B3C4D5E6F7G8HN ▲

Suspects

  • Greta
  • Bruno
  • Clara
  • Elif
  • Frank
  • Ines
  • Hugo
  • ✕
    Leo

Clues

  1. 1Bruno was in the same room as the chandelier.
  2. 2Greta was in the same room as the vase.
  3. 3Elif stood at the northern edge of the floor plan.
  4. 4Frank was in the conservatory.
  5. 5Hugo stood at the western edge of the floor plan.
  6. 6Ines stood next to the clock.
  7. 7Clara stood at the eastern edge of the floor plan.
  8. 8Greta was further north than Hugo.
  9. 9Clara and Elif were in the same room.
  10. 10Frank stood at the southern edge of the floor plan.
  11. 11Bruno was further south than Hugo.

Who did it?

How you get there

The rules in four sentences

  1. 1Every person stands alone in their row and alone in their column.
  2. 2Solid objects fill their square — nobody stands there (hatched).
  3. 3On the rug, armchair, chair, bed, ladder and tractor somebody can stand.
  4. 4The culprit is whoever ends up in the same room as the victim.

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