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exotic pet, and to solve the puzzle you'd -match up each man's
first nime \ /ith his last name and his kind of pet. You figrrr:e
out how to mat h them up by studying a list ofclues, like
*Ihe En fri-rtt+t
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llama doesnt belong to Duane."
In order to make solving fa-ster and easier, experienced logic
puzzlers use a solving grid to record the information they've
deduced. They've found that seeing the inforrnation in black and Ifyou
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werc care)ess. you mighl witho'.rt *rinking put an X into !-
white, neatly organized, helps them make furiher deductions. the intersection of 'Gunted and fiing cobra' Does Mr. Gunter{
lhere are two kinds of solving grids you'll find most often: own the king cobra? Well, maybe he dnes and maybe he doeso't. i
the "crosshatch" grid and the "fiIl-in" grid. Sometimes you can't bul clue 5 really doesnt say anl'thing about it. Read each cluef,
tell.which kind will work best until you've spent a lot of time carefirlly and think about what it's really saying; if you jump to I
trying to solve the puzzle with the wrong ki^d. In Dell logia a wrong conclusion now, you'lJ be confilsed later on. 1
Puzzles, we figure out which kind of grid is the most useful Now we can se€ at a glance lhat Abner isn't Mr. Engels, Mr. I
for each puzzle, and we print it on the same page. Sometimes Foster, or Mr. Cunl,er. We can make a deduction: Abner must t
we'll even give you both kinds if we think it will help. Let's be Mr. Halew. We'tl pr-rt a large dot (meaning :yes') in the I
look at a typical puzzle that works best with a crosshatch grid. intersection of 'Abner" and -Halera." And that meals we can -l
put )Cs in rhe intarsecl ions of fialeqa and "Bruce." 'Chuck," ll
also -'Duare."
PET OWNERS ar|d \^/henever you add a dot to lhe grid, be sure ln',
add any Ks you can: Lhej,4l ofien lead to more dedtrctions
Each of four men owns a different species of exotic pet. .F rom
the following clues, can you frgure out each man's full name I I
and what kind of pet he owns? |$fam '6
5: Abner, who doesn't own the king cobra, isn't Mr. Grint€r. That was a fairlv simple deduction, but in order to solve this
6. Bruce and Mr. Foster are neighbors. puzzle you'll need to make some deductions that are a little
7. Mr. Halera is afraid of iguanas. i.i"ti... Go through the rest of the clues,and. pu-t Xs into ihe
And heret the crosshatch grid: grid wherever you can. You'll end up with this:
Mr. Engels or Mr. Foster. We record this information in the putzle'i a bit harder, though, and at first glance th9r9 dTsn't
solving grid by pr-rtting an X rmeaning -no", in the square at seem to be enoueh inforrn;tion to mal<e any more deduclions'
the intersection of "Abner" and "Engels," anil another X at the But the information is there; yotr just have to work witb it a
intersection of "Abner- and 'Foster." little- Take a pencil and fill in the rest of the gnd yourself as
Now let's look at clue 5. From it we learn that Abner doesn't you reail on.
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ovfir the king cobra, and that Alner isn't Mr. Gunt€r..Put Xs Mr. Haleqr doesrft own thd iguana. Since Abner is Mr'
"Brain Pickers" is an annual quiz tournament for high school dall and Thomas. Their last nuures are Brennan, Garcra'
teams from around the state. This year's winning team was Hardy, and McKay, and ea-ch has a differelt academic spe-
from Mark Twain High School, and consisted of two young cialty (fine arts, history, literature, or science). Can you
women-Andrea and Monica-and two young men-Ran- march each teammate's full name with his or her specialty?
Solution ts on page 5 ).
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Andrea 2. Randall (who isn't Brennan) isn't strong in history.
This morning's mail brought four bills, three for utilities- bered 604 though 607. Can you reconstruct 'my
electricity, telephone, and water-and one for my account at register by matching each check number with the amount
Frack's department stoie. Each was for a different amount- the check and which bill I paid with it'l
Solution is on page
$2!, $30, $40, or $6G-and I paid them with checks num-
#605 3. The check for the electric bill is for twice as much as
#607 1 The $40 check has a higher number than the check for
the water bill.
Five co-workers were discussing their favorite types of music in a different way (on CDs, LPs, or tapes, on the radio, or
over lunch recently. It tumed out that each ofthe three women live). lnst names are Dryer, F4nshaw, Nevins, Quigley, and
(Agnes, Gayle, and Linda) and two men (Brian and Jef|) has Willis. Can you match each person's full name with his or her
a different favorite kind of music (classical, country western, musical preferences?
rap, rock and roll, or show music), aod each prefers to hea[ it Solution ts on page 51.
2. The two who prefer their music live and on tape are
Agnes and Ms. Nevins in some order.
'7. The one who prefers rock and roll never lislens to it live,
[,ast spring, the councils of the neightroring towns Stabney promotion gimmick (a camera raffle, free film
and Ofwell began promoting the Stabney and Ofwell Friend- motel discount coupons, free postcards, or ftee sunblock)
ly Tourism Extravaganza. Each of the five Stabney council thejoint council meeting. Can you matcheach pair of
lnembers (Abner, Betty, Carla, Devin, and Ellie) teamed up rirembers with their idea, and find the order in which the
with one of the Ofwell council members (Lana, Mavis, Nor- teams made their presentations?
ton, Osgood, and Paddy) to present a different idea for a Solution is on page 5
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I-ana (whose team didn't come up with the idea
having free raffles for caineras) spoke sometlme
than Osgood and his partner.
2. Since Belle, Fritz, and Hillary are olr stage as the curtain
rises, they must & ready by the 8:00 curtain. (Claude 7:20
and Diane, who don't appear until about a halfhour into
the play, needn't be ready by 8:0O.)
3. Belle gets made up before she gets wigged, and the same 7:30
is true of at least one man.
5. Hillary is finished with her wig and makeup before any 7:50
of the others.
Two men-Len and Ozzie-and two women-Magnolia and one ordered a glass of wine). Can you match each person's
Nell-went out for pizza last night. They ordered a pizz^ to full name (last names are Piney, Quilteq Rogers, and Sloane)
share, and among them they ate all eight slices. Each ordered with the number of slices he or she ate and the drink he or she
something to drink (two ordered colas, one ordered milk, and ordered? Solution is on page 52.
2. The two cola drinkers ate lgss than half the pizza b€-
tween them. I "-r
Ms. Rhodes decided last year to begin investing in the stock $40, and $50). After owning them for a year, she
market. After doing some research and seeking advice from what she had. Thre€ stocks had increased in value (bv
herfriends, she decided that the bestway to leam was tojump 25/o, and 454o), and two had decreased (by 157o and 35
right in and buy a few shares. She purchased one hundred Can you find out how much each stock was worth when
shares in five different companies (BMS, JEP. LKB, VlP, and Rhodes purchased it, and lhe percentage by which each
XYZ), each at a different purchaSing price ($10, $20, $.30, changed over the course of the year?Solution is on page
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1. stock that Ms. Rhodes purchased for $10 isn't the $lc! tr)
qne that lost 157o.
BMS
2. XYZ (which she didn't purchase for $30) and the $50 JEP
stock both lost money. ]LKB
Lianna was served just before the person who ordered o. Niles was served sometime before either Glen or the
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DELL LOGIC PUZZLES February 1995 r3
BIZARRE TREK BY RICH SONES ***
The Federation Starship Boobyprize iE approaching a new ter hait (impud€nce, laziness, orneriness, Prsnicketiness, or
star that is orbited by five planets: Arrth, Kudo, Ort, Ranus, sullenness). The relative masses of the five planets' in some
and Velcron. Each planet is inhabited by a different species order, are l, 3, 5, 7, and I l. Can you put the planets in order
of life (the Coneheads-, Gnatites, Pachydermi, Slimese, and from first (nearest the star) to fifth (farthest from the star)'
Turtillians). each of which has a differcnt distinctive charac- and match each with its relative mass, species, and trait?
Solution is on page 53.
l. Amh (which isn't thd smatlest of the planets) is less than half the size of Ranus'
2. Velcron (which isn't inhabited by Gnatites) is farther from the star than the impudent
planet, but nearer to the star than the Turtillians' planet i
6. Ranus's orbit is just inside Arrth's, and just outside that of the largest planet'
8. The residents of Kudo (which isn'l the first planet) aren'l lazy.
9. The Pachydermi are neither from Arrth (which is the sulten planet) norfrom Velcron'
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l. The leader of the Grinjas was entombed in 283, not in 7. Baba Roi and the leader for whom the bronze pyramid
the silver pyramid. was built were entombed two years apart from each
other, in some order.
2. Dobal (who didn't lead the Ifendus) was enrombed in
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The Tri-County Golf Association hosted a toumament for names are Baxter, Chappell, Fox, Ramsey, and Young)' score
local amateur gotfers, The five finalists (Donald, Gordon, (six betow par, one below par, par, two over par, and three
tee. Marvin, and Warren each represenled a different golf over par), and the club he represented? No/e.- In golf, a lower
' score is better than a higher one.
club (Arlington, Meadowbrook, Rivercrest. Springtown. and
Solution is on page 54.
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in the year than the couple who went to the Painted Serapiglias.
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Unbeknownst to Jenny Tetra, her anatomy was an accom- known "geographic" location. Can you determile the day on
modating.host to the four members of the Germano family which each Germano went on tour, his or her relation to the
last week. On each day from Wednesday through Saturday, a family, and the site visited?
different family member was given a guided tour of a well- Solution is on page 54.
1. Serrata's tour either took place on Wednesday or was of 6. The tour ofthe Hyaloid Canal wasn't on Friday.
the Islet of Langerhans, or both.
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212, and the day after Emily and herhusband (who isn't on vacation, and th€ day after the couple in room 319.
Jesse).
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and the one who chose beige. the administrative coordinator, and th€ one who chose
tan for the office color.
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Sidney Schopenhauer writcs enormously popular romance heroine (Annemarie, Beatrice, Celeste, Janell, Shanna, and
novels under the pen name ofRosamonde LaSalle. He cranks Suzanne), and exciting location (Greece, New York City,
out more or less the same story over and oYer, chahging little Portugal, Scotland, Spain, and Wales). Can you find the order
morc than the chatacters' names and th€ settings. So far he's in which he wrote his six books, and match each with its hero,
written six books, each one featuring a different virile hero heroine, and setting?
(Adolfo, Damien, Jeff, Kyle, Pierre, and Ricardo)' spunky Solution is on page 55.
l. Sidney's first book, which is set in Portugal, features Kyle but not Shaana'
Srleet Pdssion was written sometime before the book featuring Beatrice, which was
written sometime before the book set in Greece, which was written sometime before
the book featuring Suzanne.
9. The two novels that feature Celeste arld Jeff weren't written consecutiv€ly in either
order.
11. The man Suzanne falls for is neither Adolfo nor Jeff.
February 1995
BROWN.BAGGING IT BY CHRIS PERTON ***
nd Five students at Ridgewood Junior High (Anne, David, EUen, berry ice cream, and vanillapudding). Each of the five friends
ty, lnuis, and Maftha) eat lunch together every day. Each day brought lunch from home on :r different day, and the rest of
ler last week, the cafeteria sei'ved a different entr6e (chicken, the week bought his or her lunch at school. Can you figure
fo, fish, meat loaf, pasta salad, and tacos) and a different dessert out on which day each student chose to brown-bag it, and
(blueberry pie, gingerbread cake, oatmeal cookies, shaw- which entr€e and dessert was served on each ofthe five days?
t5. Solution is on page 55.
1. Anne brought her lunch to school sometime before the 5. The oatrneal cookies were served sometime before the
day or days on which fish and bluebeny pie were day David brought his lunch, and sometime after the
served. day meat loaf was served.
2. Chicken (which wasn't served the same day as ginger- Day Student Entr6e Dessert
bread cake) was served sometime after the day Ellen
brtiught her lunch, and sometime b€fore the day Louis
brought his.
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Prince Folderol hired five new acts last week for appearances amne, and Solange. Each pair performed upon musical instru-
at banquets. At dinner each night from Monday though ments (drums, flutes, harps, lutes, or mandolins) and had
Friday, different act appeared to entertain Folderol's guests.
a some non-instrumental tale;t as well (aciobatics, dancing,
Each act consisted of two performers, one male and one juggling, magic, or singing). Can you find eachday's pair and
female. The five men were Chester, Fester, Lester, Nester, and discover their instrumental and non-instrumental talents?
Tester; the frve women were Ariane, Dionne, Katrinka, Mari- Solution is on page 56.
1. The magicians don't play lutes. 7. Katrinka, the magicians, and Fester performedon three
consecutive days in that order.
2. Mariamne ( who wasn't in Thursday's act) i sn't an acrobat.
8. The five pairs are Solange and her panner, Nesler and
3. Fesler can't dance, and Tesler can't sing. his paFn€r, the lutists, the singers, and Friday's act.
Friday's act didn't involve any mandolins- 9. The flautists performed earlier in the week than the
harpists.
5. Irster (who isn't Katinka's partner) didn't perform on
Monday. 10. The dancers performed the day after Tester and the day
before Dionne.
The haryists (who don't include Ariane) don't juggle.
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l. In all, Mrs. Calautti bought three of each item, in thee different colors, and she
bought three items of each color
2. Each child received three different types of items, in three different colors.
3. Joshua received an item in red which one of the othcr children received
in sreen.
4. Adrienne gor a yellow pencilcase.
5. Joshua's lunchbox and Morgan's pencil case are the same color
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DELL LOGIC PUZZLES February 1995 25
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KATIE's BUSY SCHEDUIE BY CHRIS PERTON ***
Katie iS one of the busiest nine-year-olds around. Every day different number of years (one through five). Can you deter-
after school, Monday through Friday, she has a different mine the day on which Katie goes to each activity, the full
activity (baseball, dance, karate, piano, and scouts). Each name ofeach instructor (last-names are Bach, Collins, Graves,
activity is taught or coached by a different adult (Barbara, Hare, and Wood), and the numb€r of years she has known
David, Susan, Ted, and Vicki) whom Katie has known for a each of them? Solution is on page 56.
2. Katie has known Susan one year longer than hef baseball coach, and one year less
than her piano teacher.
5. Katie has krown Wood one year less than Barbara, and one year more than herscout
troop leader,
6. The instructor who has known Katie for thfee years sees her each week the day
before Mr. Hare and the day after the other male instructor.
7. Katie has her weekly piano lesson the day before she sees Collins, and the day after
she sees Graves.
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T WHO SHOT AAILLEN? BY CONSTANCE ADAMS ***
ter- fast season was the most popular ever for the soap opera Moroccan prison, at one of the family's oil well sites, or at a
tuu "Lighthouse Love"-thanks, no doubt, to rhe writers who press conference. The fifth wa's proven to be the guilty party.
/es, introduced into an already complex plot the mysterious shoot- (At the beginning of next season, of cou$e, Mitten will
lwn ing of Millen, the show's notorious villain, Boss Nailer. the somehow retum from the dead when the actor who plays his
s6. show's dedicated district atrorney. had ro son out rhe evi- part retums from shooting a moyie in Hollywood.) Can you
dence against the five women (Contessa, Di, Gretyl, Lily, and figure out each woman's fuu name (last names are Bridge,
Maybetline) who had well-known motives to kill Millen. By Fox, Moss, Roko, and White). her husband's first name
the season.'s end, four of them had produced iron-clad alibis: ' (Angelo, Fuzz, Hatcher, Quinn, or Xavier), and her alibi, if
at the time of the murder they were at the country club, in a any? Solution is on ospe 56.
l. The women who were at the couutry club and the oil 8. Fuzz aryl Quinn were relieved when their wives were
well are, in some order, Mrs. Roko and Angelo's wife. proven innocent of the shooling.
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The Oak Hills Country Club features five golfcourses, called lunch. Inst names are Morley, Norton, Parker, Sherman, and
the Green, Orange, Red, White, and Yellow Courses. Five Thompson. Can you match golferls full name with the
-each
friends-Anne, Barry, Carla, Denis, and Eunice-played course he or she played, and tell in what order they arrived
gotf last Saturday, each on a different course, and they agreed in the clubhouse afterward?
to me€t in the clubhouse afterward to comDare scores over Solution is on page 56.
l. Carla (who didn't play the Yellow Course) arrived im- 8. Thompson arived immediately after the one who played
mediately before the one who played the White Course. the Red Course.
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The cosmetics party was sometime later in the month 5. Marissa's party wasn't the first or last of the five.
than Violet's, but sometime earlier than Ms. Hayward's.
6. Gretchenb party was sometime after the one tiatearned
Sylvia eamed the most credit at the last party of the' Sylvia $100 in credit, and sometime before Ms. Kent's
month; the merchandise sold that night wasn't art or pary.
lingerie.
7. The first party, which earned Sylvia $150 in credit,
Ms. Davis's party eamed Sylvia more in credit than wasn't given by Rose.
Violet's, but less than the one held on the l5th.
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2. Ms. Berra and Joe were immediately fo[owed by the 10. Chad esconed Ms. Reese.
second baseman and Mr. Clemente.
ll. The second baseman isn't Ms. Mays.
3. The three groomsmen (in no particular order) were
Ramon, Mr. Maris, and the third baseman. 12. Carmen and the female right fielder helped select rhe
striped dresses for the women in the wedding party,
4. The three bridesmaids (in no particular order) were
Leah, Ms. Mays, and the first baseman 13. Ms. Drydale's escort doesn't piay left center field.
5. Yvette and Ms. Reese arranged a bridal shower for t4. If was Joe, one of the infielders, whojokingly suggested
Tammy after a game. at the reception thatwedding guests should have thrown
softballs instead of rice.
6. The third baseman (who isn't Chad) and Mr.
Clemente
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A potluck picnic is held annually for families with adopted of thes€ children was born in a different country (China,
children from other countries. This year, the firstfive families Ethiopia, India, Korea, and Peru), and each is a different age
tq arrive (surnamed Baker, Metzger, Oates, Schroeder, and (in whole numbers of years). Can you determine the order in
Trevino) each had one adopted child (two girls---Carly and which the families arrived at the picnic, and identify each
Marissa-and three boys-Jared, Kevin, and Nathan). Each child's full name, country of origin, and age?
Solution is on page 57.
l. The five children are Nathan (who isn't from China), the Schoeder boy, the oldest
of the five, the chitd from India, and the child whose family arrived second.
2. Marissa is older than the Baker child, but one year younger than thc child whose
family arrived last.
3. The Trevinos arrived sometime after the family whose child is from China.
5. The Oates family (which didn't arrive third) arrived immediately after Marissa's
family.
6. The six-year-old (who isn't Kevin) quickly made friends with the Trevino child.
7. The child from Ethiopia is one year younger than the one from Korea, but somewhat
older than the child from Peru.
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Every spring the Alexander brothers are eager to visit their found each of the five (Blagden, Glendon, Kingsden,
wedkend retreats to see how they fared over the winter, and Langdon, and Ogden) adding a different amenity to his
to begin various improvements. Each retreat is a different hideaway---either a barbecue pit, boat dock, porch, satellite
kind of stnrcn[e (an A-frame cotlage, dome, landbound house- dish, or sauna. Can you match each brothe with his retreat,
boat, log cabin, or trailer) near a different town (Kiva, improvement, and nearest town?
Naubinway, Point Abbaye, Toivola, or Traunik). This spring Solution is on page 58.
l. Langdon owns neither the A=frame nor the retreat near 10. Neith€r Ogden's camp nor the Traunik property has the
Toivola. new porch.
2. The Naubinway property (which isn't the hailer) isn't ll. Neither the Toivola hideaway nor the A-frame was
Glendon's. improved with a boat dock.
3- Neither the log cabin nor the Toivola proprty is owned 12. The Traunik property remains unequipped with a sauna.
by Blagddn.
13. . Blagden (who didn't build the new porch) doesn't own
The porch wasn't added to the Point Abbaye structure- the houseboat.
5. One man has towed an old houseboat into the woods for 14. The A-frame isn't near Kiva.
his getaway; it doesn'tsport the new sauna.
Brother Retreat lmprovement Town
6. Kingsden (who helped build his brother's A-frame)
added neither a porch nor a sauna to his own property.
Five new prime-time cartoon series haye been scheduled on mouse, opossum, parrot, pig, and rooster, as well as a punt-
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various cable networks for the upcoming season. Each series rocker cat. Names are Binky, Bombel Fen, Jojo, Lu, Matt,
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features a pair of animal caricatures who have some very Mugsy. Red. Skimpy. and Yu. Can you find the names and
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human traits; they include a bear, dog, fox, groundhog, species of each pair? Solution is on page 58.
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l. Fen, Mugsy, and the bear who's allergic to honey are featured in three different
sefles.
3. The slow-witted fox (who isn't Bomber) isn't paired with the soflspoken rooster.
Yu's cartoon cohort is neither the hyperactive opossum who never plays dead nor
the fastidious pig.
5. Binky (who isn't the bear) isn't on the same show as Mugsy.
'1. Malt (who isn't the dog) isn't paired with Fen.
9. The series featuring Binky and the rooster will be shown on a different night from
the one starring Lu and the politically coffect parrot.
I i. TheinagazineTV Tal,t recently devoted a feature article to the new "Bomber & Jojo
14. Malt (who isn't the rooster) isn't paired wi{h Lu.
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Nona, Olivia, Patti, Qula, and Ruth) gathered for a discussion names are Ayers, Blaine, Colby, Dobson, Effingham, Fox,
group, sitting in a circle on two couches and five chairs, as Glass, Stone,Townsend, Volpone, and Zapata), where she sat,
shown below. They b€gan the session by introducing them- and what order she spoke in?
selves in clockwise order, beginning with one woman at Solution is on page 58.
3. The fourth was Mabel and the fifth was Nona; their last names are, in some order,
Blaine and Effingham.
The sixth was neither Ms. Fox (who sat in a chair) nor Ms' Volpone.
5. The seventh and eighth were, in some order, Ruth and Ms. Townsend; at least one
of them is married.
6. The ninth and tenth were Ms. Ayers and Ms. Glass, in that order; they share the same
marilal stalus.
9. Lyn and Ms. Dobson sat adjacent to each other on one of the sofas.
13. Olivia and Patti didn't sit adjacent to each other; they both sat on the same kind of
seat (either chair or sofa).
14. Of the four married women, only Ivy sat on a sofa rather than in a chair'
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or the printer.
9. The graphics monitor wasn't purchased by Selena,
2. f,awrence made his purchase sometime after the one and wasn't purchased the day before Selena made her
who bought the graphics monitor, and sometime before purchase"
Jipescu.
1. The keyboard wasn'r purchased on Wednesday. Day First name Last name ltem
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Arbuckl€, Babette, Clive, Dahlia, Esmeralda, and Florian sat room as a solution to th€ mystery; after such a suggestion,
down last night for a game of Clue. In Clue, a deck of cards each player to the left in tunreither passes (indicating that he
represents the possible suspects (Mr. Green, Colonel Mus- or she doesz', hold any of th€ three cards in thc suggestion)
tard, Mrs. Peacock, Professor Plum, Miss Scarlett, and Mrs. or disproves the suggestion (indicating. that he or she does
White), weapons (candlestick, knife, lead pipe, revolyer, hold at least one of thg three cards); as soon as someone has
rope, and wrench) and rooms (ballroom, billiard room, con- disproved the suggestion, the tum is over.
servatory, dining room, hall, kitchen, library, lounge, and After 16 suggestions had been made and disproved, the
study) in a murder mystery; each suspect, weapon, and room players (who were not very good at logical thinking) didn't
is represented on one card. realize that there was enough information to solye the mys-
Florian divided the cards into three piles and.picked one tery. Can you do better than they did, by identifying the three
suspct, one weapon, and one room at random; these cards cards in each player's hand, and determining which suspect,
were the solution to the mystery, and they were set aside sight weapon, and room were not held by anyone-and were
unseen. Florian then shuffled the remaining l8 cards and therefore th'e solution to themystery?Nate. Itis possible that,
dealt three to each player, At various times in the game, a for deceptive purposeS, a player might hold one or more of
player may suggest a combination of susp€ct, weapon, and the cards in his or her own suggestion.
Solution is on page 59.
1. WhenArbuckle suggested that the crime was committed l0: When Arbuckle suggested that the crime was com-
by Mr. Green with the candlestick in the lounge, Babette mitted by Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the
(haying none of those three cards) passed, and Ctive billiard room, Babette disproved it,
(having at least one of those three cards) disproved it.
ll. When Babette suggested that the crirrie was committed
2. When Babette suggested that the crime was committed by byProfessorPlum with therevolver in the lounge, Clive
Mr. Green with the lead pipe in the library, Clive and passed, and Dahlia disproved it.
Dahlia passed. Then, before Esmeralda could say any-
thing, Florian passed. Esmeralda scolded Florian for When Cliie suggested that th€ crime was committed by
spdaking out of tum, and said she could disprove the Professor Plum with the rope in the study, Dahlia,
suggestion herself, but it didn't occur to any ofthe plalers Esmeralda. Florian. and Arbuckle passed, and Babetl,e
to make use of the information Florian had glven away. disproved it.
3. When Esmeralda suggested that the crime was com- 13. When Dahlia suggested that the crime was committed
mitted by Mrs. Peacock with the candlestick in the by Mr. Green with the wrench in the lounge, Esmeralda
dining room. Florian passed. and Arbuckle disproved i1. and Florian passed, and Arbuckle disproved it.
4. when F'lorian suggested that the crime was committed t4.. When Florian suggested that the crime was committed
by Professor Plum with the wrench in the kitchen, by Miss Scarlett with the revolver in the dining room.
Arbuckle disproved it. Arbuckle disproved it.
5. When Arbuckle suggested that the crime was committed 15. When Arbuckle sugg€sted that the crime was com-
by Miss Scarlett with th€ lead pipe in the hall, Babette mitted by Mrsr White with the revolver in the ballroom,
passed. and Clive disproved it. Babette disproved it.
6. When Babetre suggested that the crime was committed 16. When Batiette suggeited that the crime wds committed
by Mrs. Peacock with the knife in the hall. Clive, Dah- by Mrs. White with the knife in the conservatory, Clive
lia, and Esmeralda passed, and Florian.disproved it. . disproved it.
?. When Clive suggested that the crime was committed by 17. Th€ playeis followed the curious house rule that if
Colonel Mustard with the wrench in the study, Dahlia, anyone was dealt a hand of three cards of the samelype
Esmeralda, and Florian passed, and Arbuckle disproveil it. (three suspe€ts, three weapons, or tfuee rooms) at the
' beginning of the game, he or she had to announce it, and
8. When Dahlia suggested thal the crime was committed the cards would all be remixed and redealt.
by Miss Scarlett with the rope in the conservatory,
Esrneralda disproved it.
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11. Nancy sat next to Quentin, and directly across froni the
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YOU.MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY BY JEAN ROWETL ****
On the occasion of Fenetville's centennial, The Dailt Blab on a blanket, on a rocking horse, on a rug, on a hicycle, or in
published a series ofbaby pictures of town notables-the fire a wading pool). The six subjects were identified only by their
chief, mayor, police chief, and school superintendent, as well first n4mes (Cherise, Clifton, Deborah, Gregory, Jessica, and
as a famous docror and a best-selling writer Each picture Mitchell). Can you find the first name, adult occupation, and
appeared on a different day from Monday through Satufday, pose of each day's photo subject?
and each tyke was posed in a different setting (in a bathtub,
Solution is on page 60.
l. The fire chief appeared one day before the infant in a bathtub, who appeared one
day before Clifton.
2. The toddter riding a tocking horse appeared one day after the mayor, but one day
before Gregory.
6. The school superintendent and the tot on the tricycle appeared on consecutive days,
in one order or t_he other
8. Cherise (who was posed neither on the rug no-r on the rocking horse) didn,t grow up
lo become rhe mayor.
9. Jessica appeared one day after the child on the blanket, who appeared one day after
the police chief.
u. Jessica (who isn't the fire chief or the writer) wasn't photographed on a rocking
horse.
Day Pose
or rn Five young women who shared a dormitory in their freshman heart. One said she hated her boyfriend's obsession with
their year at college had one thing in common: before leaving for baseball, one objected to long-distance romances, one ad-
t, and college, each had sworn undying devotion to her high school mitted to having met a new boyfriend, one said she was acting
r, and boyfriend who was attending a different college far away. on a psychic's advice, and one claimed she was taking religious
Much to tho young women's own surprise (though not, per- vows. As it happened, each young man's youthful ardor had
haps, to the surprise of older and wiser hearts), after a month cooled as well, so no heart was seriously injured. Can you
at college each found herself writins a "Dear John" letter to match each woman with her boyfriend, her excuse, and the
herboyfriend explaining why her feelings had changed. Each number of months (a whole number in each case) th€ir
of the women (Alicia, Barb, Jessica, Julie, and Winona) gave romance had lasted? Note.' Solvers who wish to skip much of
her boyfriend (John Johnson, John Jones, John Roberts, John the arithmetic needed to solve this puzzle may fiad an extra
Smith, or John Williams) a differentexcuse for her change of clue on page 63. Solution is on page 60-
l. John Johnson's romance had lasted twice as long as 8. John Roberts's rofirance lasted longer than John Smith's.
Alicia's, which had endured twice as long as th€ ro-
marce terminated on the adyice of a.psychic. 9. One woman broke off a romance that had begun over
the summer, just thrQe months Previously.
Julie (whose boyfriend wasn't John Johnson) had been
in her relationship one third as many inonths as Winona
had been in hers. Woman Man Reason Months
?. The woman who said she was taking religious vows had
been in her relationship exactly half as long as John
Jones had been in his.
The top four teams ilr the ranking are, in no particular The Summerset Suns finished one place ahead of the
order, New Chartres, the San Francisco Giants farm Pittsburgh Pirates farm team and two places ahead of
team (which finished second), the Meteors, and the the Mountaineers.
Sharks.
9. The Winterglen team isn't named the Sharks or the
fie New York YanJcees affiliate finished immediately Meteors.
ahead of Ocean City.
10. The Parrots aren'l from Ocean City.
St. Bamaby isn't the Pittsburgh Pirates farm team.
ll. The'New Chartres team isn't named the Admirals or the
The Waves finished immediately ahead of West Ham, Mountaineers.
which finished immediately ahead of the Seattle
Mariners farm t€am. 12. Cold Harbor finished one place behind the Meteors.
The Baltimore Orioles affrliate finished one place be- 13. The Sharks linished somewhere ahead of the Texas
hind Winterglen, which finished one place behind the Rangers farm team (which isn't in Wintergten).
Admirals.
14. The Houston Astros farm team isn't the Mountaineers.
The Seattle Mariners farm team isn't in New Chartres.
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Alba Armskong is a real estate agent with a prosperous Georgian, and Victorian) and located in five different
business in Snoore County- Looking over her record of 1994 (Kentfield, Lanhamton, I',lew Durham, Oak Creek, and
sales, she noted that her frve most lucrative sales of the year er Village). Can you discover the month in which each
(to couples named Quinn, Uknalis, Weyrick, Yardley, and purchased their new home, the style ofeach house, the
Zubin) took place in five consecutive montlts. These houses in which each is located, and the number of bedrooms
were in five different styles (art nouveau, Bauhaus, colonial, each has? Solution is on page 6
l. The house in New Durham has exactly three fewer bedrooms than one of the others.
3. The Weyricks (who didn't buy the Bauhaus) purchaqed theirhouse the month after
the Quinns; one of these couples bought the house in Palmer Village.
The Uknalises purchased a house in April that had two fewer bedrooms than the
house in Kentfield.
b- The two houses that have four bedrooms were purchased exactly two months aPan;
the Zubins bought one of them.
at. Alba sold the Victorian the month before the house in Oak Creek, and the month
after'she sold a house to the Yardleys.
8. The art nouveau house has exactly twice as many bedrooms as one of the other
houses.
accepted quickly when his old college roommate. adifferent bedroom each night from Monday to Sunday. Thus
Dotv. invited him to visit for a week. Since their between them Barnaby and Dorabella stayed in all.14 of the
days. Ralph had become fabulously wealthy heading guestbedrooms during the week. Unfortunately, Bamaby and
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small company that produced computer software so ad- Dorabella took their meals at different hours, and absent'
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that no one tlut Ralph himself quite understood what minded Ralph never thought to introduce them or €ven men-
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did. Now Ralph lived in a lavish mansion in which an entire tion the presenca of one to the other, so that Bamaby and
in the form of a five-srory tower as shown below, was Dorabella spentseven days under that enormous roofwithout
just to bedrooms-Ralph's own bedroom and 14 actually meeting. Can you find the two colors each loom is
bedrooms. Because Ralph had trouble keeping the decorated in, discover which room is Ralph's, and discover
straight, he had numbered them from 1 to 15 as shown. when and by whom each of the guest rooms was occupied?
addition, each bedroom was decorated in two colors. Ralph Note.'Solvers who want to skip rdost ofthe arithmetic needed
invited another friend ofhis, a woman named Dorabella, to solve this puzzle-can find an extra clue on page 63.
stay the week, and he invited each of his guests to stay in Solution is on page 62.
Only ten colors were used in this wing of the house: 9. Bamaby stayed in atmostone room (andpossibly none)
amber, burgundy, crimson, emerald, gold, ivory, jet, decorated in ivory.
peach, silver, and turquoise. Each room was decorated
in two of these colors, and each color was used in 10. Three days after Dorabella stayed in the crimson and
exacdy three rooms. gold room, Bamaby stayed in the emerald ard peach
room,
No two rooms were decorated in the same pair ofcolors.
11. No room was decorated in both silver and turquoise.
No color was used more than once on any floor or in
any vertical column of rooms. 12. Barnaby never had a room that was bdth in the same
vertical column as Dorabella's and on a lower floor.
On each night, Barnaby and Dorabella slept in bed-
rooms that were on different floors and which had no 13. Someone slept one night in a room decorated in amber,
colors in common. and moved to the burgundy and ivory room on the same
floor the following night. i
Each night after the first, the sum of Bamaby's and
Dorabella's room numbers was greater than the night 14. Barnaby's rgom on Tuesday night wasn't decorated in
before. emerald.
Ralph's bedroom was decorated in gold and turquoise. 15. Barnaby's room number on Monday night was three
times Dorabella's room number on Sunday night.
The jet and silver room was never occupied by Barnaby.
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The opera world raised a collective eyebrow when reclusive taught eight stUdents that month; they were three
soprano Signora Algelica di Tempeste----on the advice of her (Deena, Jill, and Lilliae) and five men (Adam,
most frusted numerologist {ame out of retirement for just Harold, Matt, and Xavier); tieir last names are B
one month to give voice lessons. From Wednesday, January Fitzpatrick, Grauer, Kleiner, Stuart, Ventura, Wolf,
I, through Wednesday, January 29, she scheduled one lesson Zaines. Can you match each student's full name with his
each Wednesday and two lessons each Saturday and Sunday. her lesson or lessons?
(No student ever took two lessirns in one day.) In alt, she Solution is on page 6
2. Stuart had at least one lesson on an earlier day than at least one of Xavier's.
4. Ventura's three lessons were on three consecutive woiking days for the Signora.
5. Lillian aad Kleiner had two lessons each; each of Lillian's was exactly four days
after one of Kleiner's.
7. Jill and Bradley had the lessons on the eighth and the 22nd in some order.
8. Tvoof Edward's three lessons were the Signora's first and last lessons of the month,
9. Any day that Deena had a lesson, Grauer had one, too.
10. All of Mr. Wolf's lessons were on later days than all of Jil['s.
11. Of Bradley, Fitzpatrick, and Kleiner, the two men had no lessons on any of the first
three Wednesdays,
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Garcia is female, but she's not a senior (clue 3), so she's not Norman's ruler was found under the table. In summary:
Monica (clue 1); she must be Andrea. Randall's specialty isn't Karen, scissors, bar
history {clue 2). nor fine arts or lirerature (clue 4), so jt s Larry. box of crayons. refrigeraror
science. Randall. then, isn'r McKay rwho isn't r}|e science Molly, pencil, cupboard
expert clue l) or Brennan (clue 2), so Randall is Hardy. Norman, ruler, table
Monica isn't McKay (clue 1), so she's Brennan, and by elimi-
nation McKay is Thomas. Thomas McKay's specialty isn't fine
arts or literature (clue 4), so it's history. Monica Brennan's THE EAB OF THE BEHOLDEB PAGE 10
specialty isn't literature (clue 5), so it's fine ans, and by Gayle is Willis (clue 4). Nevins is a woman, but she isn't Agnes
elimination the literature expert is Andrea Garcia. In summary: (che 2), so she's Linda. Linda Nevins doesn't listen to tapes
Andrea Garcia, literature (clue 6), so she likes her music live, and Agnes listens to tapes
Monica Brennan, fine arts (clue 2). Agqes, then, isn't Quigley (clue 3) or Dryer (clue 5),
Randall Hardy, science so she's Fanshaw. Jeff isn't Quigley (clue 1), so Jeff is Dryer,
Thomas McKay, history and by elimination Quigley is Brian. Jeff Dryer likeslap (clue
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tn 1), and Agnes Fanshaw likes country western (clue 5). The one
{- who likes qlassical music is a man (clue 4), so he's Brian
JUST MY BILLS PAGE 8 Quigley. Linda Nevins doesn't prefer rock and roll (clue 7), so
g Check #(04 isn't for $20 or $60 (it can't have the greatest or she likes show music, and by elimination Gayle Willis likes
smallest amount of ths four checks--clue 2), nor is it for $40 rock and roll. The radio listener isn't Gayle Willis or Brian
ly (the $40 check can'r have the smallest number-{lue 4). so
,s Quigley (clue 4), so this is Jeff Dryer. The CD listener isn't
ln check #604 is for $30. Check #607 isn't for $40 or $60 (clue Brian Quigley (clue 3), so this is Gayle Willis, and by elimi-
3), so it's for $20. Check #605 isn't for $60 (clue 1), so ir's for nation Brian Quigle) lislens lo LPs. ln surnmary:
$40, and by elimination check #606 is for $60. The $40 check Agnes Fanshaw, country westem, tapes
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e is for the electric bill (clue 3). Check #604 is for the water bill Brian Quigley, classical, LPs
(clue 4). The check to the telephone company is for $20, and Gayle Willis, rock and rotl, CDs
the $60 check is to Frack's (clue 2). In summary: Jeff Dryer. rap. radio
Check #604. $30. water Linda Nevins, show music, live
I Check #605, $40, electricity
Check #606, $60, Frack's department srore
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; The second team included Carla (clue 5), and the fourth team
1 inchided Paddy (clue 2). Lana and Ellie were on consecutive
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I Molly didn't buy broccoli or zucchini {clue 2 ) or green peppers second and third or else third and fourth; in any case, the third
I (clue 4). so she bought spinach. Damon didn't buy broccolior team included either Ellie or Lana, so Deyin and Norton, who
zuccbini (clue 2). so he boughr green peppers. Damon also . were a team (clue 1), weren't third; they also weren'tfifth (clue
bought cantaloupes (clue 4). Harry didn't buy limes or nectarines- l), so they were first. Lana's team, then, didn't speak second
(clue 3), so he bought apricots; hedidn't buy zucchini (clue 5), (since Osgood's didn't speak first--{lue 4), so Lana was on the
so he bought broccoli. Molly didn't buy neclarines {clue l). so third team, Ellie was on the fourth, and the fifth team proposed tf
she bought limes. By eliminarion, Edilh bought necrarines and motel discount coupons (clue 3). Osgood was on the second
zucchini. In summar': team (clue 4), so by elimination Mavis was on the fifth. Abner
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Damon, cantaloupes. green peppers wasn't on the fifth team (clue 6), so he was on the tlrird, and by
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Molly, limes, spinach postcards (clue 6). Abner and Lana didn't propose the camera
I raffle (clue 4t. so Devin and Nonon did. and by elimination li
I Abner and Lana propord lhc free film dereloping. ln summary;
LOST AND FOUNO PAGE 9
First. Devin. Norton. camera raffle
The box of crayons doesn't belong to Karen (clue l), nor to Second, Carla, Osgood, free sunblock I
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Molly or Norman (clue 3), so it's Larry's. The item tbund Third, Abner, Lana, free filr.n developing
behind the bar isn't Lany's box of crayons (clue 3), nor does Fourth. Eltie. Paddy. free postcards
it belong to Molly or Norman (clue 3), so it's Karen's. The ruler Fifth, Bett)a, Mavis, motel discount coupons
doesn't belong to Karen or Molly (clue 2), so it's Norman's.
The item found in the cupboard isn't Larry's box of crayons, WIGS AND MAKEUP PAGE 11
th6 ruler, or the scissors (clue 4), so it's thepencil; therefore it. No one is assigned simultaneous slots with the wig stylist and
can only belong to Molly, and by elimination the scissors are the makeup artist (clue 1). The two 8:00 time slots must be
Karen's. Larry's box of crayons wasn't found under the table assigned to Claude and Diane in some order (as the others must
ST'TLLER'S But ifAdrienne were Zezel, then she wouldbe third and Lianna
would be fourth (clues I and 4), and there would be no way
Glen and Steve could be two places apart in line (clue 3), so
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this is impossible. Thus the five people in order were Zeze\
r€irs*6 wif$* #fi{{s{!N'ry {${€LKru${y y*wr Lianna, Marciulionis (who ordered the egg bagel), the one who
ordered the whole wheat bagel., and Adrienne (clues I and 4).
ASTROLTI'|E Glen and Steye were first and third in some order (clue 3), so.
by elimination David was fourth. Adrienne isn't Bogard (clue
4) or Niles (clue 6), so she's Karros: Her bagel wasn't pumper-
n. nickel (clue 2) or raisin cinnamon (clue 5), so it was onign.
David isn't Niles (btue 6), so Lianna is Niles, and David is
asf *h*se c8*sv* ?a* y*r*, Bogard. Glen is Marciulionis (clue 6), so Steve is Zezel. Lianna
Niles didn't have the pumpemickel tragel (clue 6), so:she had
le
Dorr't aet Todcryrs the raisin cinnamon'bagel, and by elimination Steye Zezel had
ae
er Olrlrortul|ities Pcrss YoU Bt/! the pumpernickel bagel. In summary:
First, Steve Zezel, pumpernickel bagql
rd
,cctll No||rf ernd Find out Second, Lianna Niles, raisin cinnamoh bagel
s. WhGtt the Stors Herrre in Third, Glen Marciulioris, egg bagel
d
Store for You! Fourth, David Bogard, whole wheat bagel
Fifth, Adrienne Karros, onion bagel
5.
IF
ae BIZARRE TREK PAGE 14
Amh isn't rhe smallest plane{. but is less than half the size of
d Ranus (clue 1), which is smaller than Velcron (clue 7); the only
tr possibility is that their relative masses are 3, 7, and 1l respec-
tively. Orl isn't lhe smallest planet (clue 3), so Ort's relative
mass is 5. and by eliminarion Kudo's relative mass is l. Three
)e
consecutive planets, from innermost orbit to outermost, are
Velcron, Ranus, and A[th (clue 6Xthey aren'tthe first, sccond,
1-
to
and third planets (Velcron isn't hrst----clue 2), nor the third,
founh, ar)d'fifth (Ranus isn't fourlh---<tue J), so they're second.
V
third, and founh respectively. The first planet isn't Kudo (clue
a 8,1, so it's Ort. and by elimination Kudo is the fifth planet. On
is the impudenl planel (clue 2). Ranus is lhe omery planet (clue
7). Amh is lhe sullen planet (clue 9). Kudo isn't the lazy planet
(clue 8), so Velcron is, and by elimination Kudo is the peanickefy
planet. Kudo's species is the Coneheads (clue 5). The Tutillians
aren't from Arrth (clue 4), so they're from Ranus (clue 2). The
Pachydermi are from Ort (clue 9). The Gnatites ar€n't froin , "
Velcron (clue 2), so theyrre from Arrth, and by elimination the '
Slimese are from Velcron. In sumrnary:
l-$00-903-?000 * IRR0T RERillt0
First; Ort, 5, Pachydermi, impudent
Second, Velcron, I I, Slimese. lazy
0nlq ISC tor The firslt'lin., $1.50 For Eoch Rdd'l.l'lin. Third, Ranus, 7, Turtillians, ornety
flvuaqe knqtil 0f CdllS llin. Fourth, Arrth, 3; Gnatites, sulle4
Coll 24 hours o dov, 7 doys o week. Yoo rnust be I8 veors or older
Fifth, Kudo, 1, Coneheads, persnickety
collond hove c touch tone Dhone. Astol Morketina 1'702251 1415.
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PYRAMIOS PAGE 15 Cave (clue 2), so they camped at the Grund Canyon, and by
The two leaders in clue 7, entombed two years apart, can only elimination the Badons camped at Mammoth Cave. In summary:
have been entombed either in 279 and 281, or in 281 and 283; Spring, Grimley, Massachusetts, Old Faithful
in either case, one was entombed in 281; this leader was Dobal Summer. Adams. Califomia, Painted Desert
(clue 2), so his pyramid was bronze (clue 7). The Grinja leader Fall, Banon, Vermont, Mammoth Cave
was entombed in 283 (clue 1). Dobal didn't lead the Ifendus Winter, Serapiglia, New Jersey, Grand Canyon
(clue 2), Hulagos (whose pyramid wasn't bronze - {lue 4), or
Kuzois (clue 5), so Dobal led the Fakiris. The pyramid used in
MICROBE TOUFISM PAGE.IS
280 was marble (clue 6); this wasn't for Emut (clue 3), Abdul
(clue 6), or Batra Roi (clue 7), so it was for Cleon. The pyramid Chroma's tour was eitherWednesday orThursday (clue 2), and
so was Fossa's (clue 5), so Serrata and vermis toured on Friday
used in 283 by the Grinjas wasn't made of silver (clue l) or
and Saturday, in som€ order. Serata toured the Islet ofI:ngerhans
ebony (clue 4), so it was gold, and thus it was for Emut (clue
(clue l). The Mediastinum Isthmus wasn't toured by Vermis
3). Baba Roi was entombed in 279 (clue 7), and by elimination
(clue 3), so it wasn't toured Friday or Saturday. The Friday tour
Abdul was entombed in 284. The Hulagos used the'ebony
pyramid, but not in 279 (clue 4), so they used it ir 284. By also wasn't of Lake Lacrimal (clue 4) or the Hyaloid Canal
(clue 6), so it was of the Islet of Langerhaos, Serrata's tour.
elimination, Baba Roi's pyramid was silver. The Kuzois' leader
wasn't Baba Roi (clue 5), so this was Cleon, and by elimination
Therefore Vermis toured on Saturday. Serrata isn't the father
(clue 2), mother (clue 3), or sister (clue 4), so he's the brother.
Baba Roi led the lfendus. In summary:
Fossa's tour ivas on Wednesday (clue 5), and by elimination
279, Baba Roi. Ifendus. silver
Chroma's was on Thursday. Vermis is the father (clue 2). The
280, Cleon. Kuzois, marble
mother toured the Mediastinum Isthmus (clue 3). The sister's
281, Dobal, Fakiris, bronze
tour wasn'ton Wednesday (sinie in that case the Lake Lacrimal
283. Emut. Crinjas. gold
tour would have been on Thursday--clue 4-and the mother's
284, Abdul, Hulagos, ebony
tour would be impossible), so it was Thursday, and by
elimination the mother's tour was on Wednesday. The l-ake
Lacrinial tour was Saturday (clue 4), and by elimination the.
Hyaloid Canal tour was Thursday. In summary:
TEE UP PAGE 16 Wednesday, Fossa, mother. Mediasrinum Isthmus
The man who scored six below par-the best of the six scores Thursday, Chroma, sister, Hyaloid Canal '
from the Rivercrest (since no one finished thrce b€low Friday, Serrata, brother, Islet of Langerhans
-isn't
par---due l), Trophy (clue 2), Meadowbrook (clue 3), or Arlington . Saturday, Vermis, father, Lake I-acrimal
Club (clue 4), so he's.from Springtown. The man who scored
(h-ree over par-the worsl score isn't from the Rivercrest
(clue 1), Trophy (clue 2), or Meadowbrook Club (clue 3), so BUILDING BLOCKS PAGE 19
From the introduction, the four blocks contain all the letters of
he's from Arlington. Baxter scored par (clue 4), the golfer from
the alphabel except Q and X, so each of the 24 sides shows a
the Trophy Club scored two overpar, and Ire scored three over
par (clue 2). The Rivercrest golfer and Gordon can only have
different letter. The letters of GLIB must be on four different
blocks. We'll call lhe block with G "block 1," the block with L
scored one b€low par and twir over par respectively (clue l),
"block 2," the block wirh t "block 3." and the block wilh B
so by elimination Baxter is from the Meadowbrook Club.
"block 4." (These numbers are arbitrary and only used to make
Chappell and Young scored two over par and one below par
the solution easier to follow.) The letter A doesn't appear on
respectively (clue 3). Fox, Marvin, and Warren can only have
scored six below par, one below par, and par respeciively (clue
block 2 (or it would be impossible to spell SLAV), block 3
(IOWA), or block 4 (BANK), so A m.ust be on block l. The
5). By elimination, Fox is Donald, and Lee is Ramsey. In
summary:
letter S doesn't appeiu on block I or 2 (SLAV), or block 3
(SUFI), so S must be on block 4. Then V must be on block 3
Six below par, Donald Fox, Springtown Club
(SLAV). The letter N doesn't appear on btock I or 4 (BANK),
One below par, Marvin Young, Rivercrest Club
orblock 3 (ZINC), so N must tre on block 2. Then K is on block
Par, Warren Baxter, Meadowbrook Cluti
J (BANK). Block I can't conlain H (HARD) or O (IOWA), so
Two over par, Gordon Chappell, Trophy Club
Three over par, [,ee Ramsey, Arlington Club
it contains either M or T (MOTH), and in either case block I
doesn't contain U (JUMP and'IUTE). The letter U also can't
be on block 3 or 4 (SUFI), so U is on block 2. The letter 4 then,
is on block 1 (SUFI). Block 2 can't contain E or T (JUTE), M
(ruMP). or Z (ZINC). so it must contain eilher H or O (from
HAPPY CAMPERS PAGE 17 MOTH) and either D or O (from DOZE): therefore if block 2
The couple from New Jersey camped in winter and were the didn't contain O, it would have to contain bo& D and H, which
last couple to take their vacation that year (clue 3), so the is impossible lHARD); so block 2 must contain O. The lener
couple who visited Otd Faithful in spring were the first (clue W is on block 4 (IOWA.). One of the le$ers 'of HARD must
6). The couple who visited the Painted Desert camped in appear on block 2: this can't be H (MOTH) or D (DOZE), so
summer and the couple from Vermont camped in fall (clue 1). it must be R. We've found dree of the six letters on block 4 (8,
The couple from California didn't camp in spring (clue 6), so S, and W ): a fourth must be either D or H THARD), a fifth must
they camped in summec and by €limination the couple from be either J, M, 6r P (JUMP), and a sixth must be either C or Z
Massachusetts camped ih spring. The Adamses didn't camp at (ZINC); but block 4 muSt also contain a letter from JUTE,,,
the Grand Canyon (clue 4), Mammoth Cave (clues 2 and 4), or which now can only be J. Block 4 must also contain a lettsf
OId Faithful 1as they aren't from Massachusetts--<lues 4 and from MOTH, which now.iari't be M (JUMP), so it's H. Then,
7), so they camped in summer at the Painted Desert. The block 4 must contain a letter from DOZE, which can only be
Bartons didn't camp in spring or winter (clue 5), so they Z. Bl<tck 3 must contain D (HARD), so block I must contain
camped in fall. The Serapiglias didn't camp in spring (clue 7), E (DO7F) as well as C (ZINC). Block 3 contains T (J[.IIE), so
so they camped in winter, and by elimination the Grimleys block 1 contains. M (MOTH). Finally, block 3 contains P
camped in spring. The Serapiglias didn't camp at Mammoth (JUMP), so by elimination the letter Y must be on the only
m;^tli,['lili];']i#i]:J.'",]? Ex::?,S'JtT,!-i:.H:
tN FOLDEFOL'S COURT pAGE piano teacher can't b€ David (clue 1), so he's Ted, and Mr. Hare
24
As there are only five acts in all, the three consecutive actsln must be David' David Hare, then, teaches K?tie on Fridays
clue 7 and the three in ctue tO musio""ii"". a, F"r,"l {clue 1), and he's the karate teach€r (clue 4). Katie has knowd
ir.:;;
dancer (clue 3), there is ;;i-,h;y :; ou".fup,-i*. the so piano teacher_ longer_than at least two other teachers (clue
""ii
acrs are Tester uni ttii'o*ni,"-r"t.l"r" i"o n",
2.), she hasn't known him one or two year^s; by elimination
"onr""uiiue
partner (the dancers), Dionne anJnei partner (ttre magiciairl snet known him four' Then she's known Susan three years
ind FestLr and his p;;;i;i;;|il t-;;..;;;s;""i,
i6j. !l"Ii'g her C.ollins), and the baseball coach two years (clue
coach, then, canonly be Monday's teacher, and
then, wasn't on nriauy; iti."r"t in-r"" rut", l"r,t" ii-5o zt:
oi tne uaseball
by€liTinatiorvKatie has known karate teacher David Hare one
the acts in clue 8, it can onty Ue ttre one *lttr N"ri.i.k"t lntu;,
partner isn't Lesrer (clue 5j, so he;s Ctr"rt i. f.rt*,if*., i irn t""1. Katie. has_known Barbara longer than at least two other
leachers (clue 5). so Barbara isn't lhe baseball coach (whom
in any of rhe four conseculive ac,r *.'u. la.nrin.a: il;;;;';
\3'i9 has only known-two
years.); Barbara is Graves, and by
befoie them all 1or he'd have performed Vr"auy --.;". Sf,';;
the four consecutive acts weri on Monauv tt .o'ief, Thurrf,fl dimination the baseball coach is vicki. Since Katie has known
and Lester's act was on Friday. The ti;t;ir;J;i ;;;;;;; Barbara Graves five years. she's known-wood.tou.t y.g: *9
Monday (ctue 31 or Friday i.r". Sl. i, ;h.y ,;;;;;;';; her sco_ul hoop leader three years (clue 5), so they're Ted and
Susan Collins respectively.By elimination. Barbara Graves is the
Thursday- Solange didn'l i.rforr on ffr"rii"i rin" .i*." teacher' and vicki's last name is Bach. In summary:
did---<tue 8 r or iiday rclul 81. so she perfo;;;t ;;M;;e;y. danceMonday, baseball, Vicki Bach, two years
The lutisra, then, periormed on Tuesaiy (clue 8). Mariamrie Tuesday, dancti, Barbata Graves, five years
didnit perform Thursday (clue i),io she performei Friday, and Wednesday, piano, Ted wood. four years
by elimination Ariane pekormeA Tlursaay. 6ster and Mariamne '['hursday, scour Foop, Susan Collins, three years
aren't the acrobats (ilue 2), so they,re the jugglers, and by Friday, karate, David Hare, one year
elimination the acrobats are.Tester ina Sotansi. tl* hamisti
didn't perform on Monday tclue 9), Thursdai lwhen Ariane
did----clue 6), or Friday (when the jugglers did,---cl[e 6), so they WHO SHOT MTLLEN? PAGE 27
performed on Wednesday. The flautists performed on Monday The guilty woman isn't Roko lctue l), Moss (clue 4), Bridge
(ctue 9). The mandolinists didn't perform on Friday (clue 4), (clue 5), or White (clue 7), so she's Fox. Angelo's wife isn't
so they played on Thursday, and by elimination Friday:s pair Fox (because Angelo's wif.e has some kind oi alibi, ctue 1), -
were- the drummers. ln summary: nor is she Roko (clue l), Moss (clue 3), or Bridge (clue 5), so
Monday, Tester and Solange, acrobats, flautists she's White. White's, alibi isn't the oil well (clu;7), so it's the
Tuesday, Chester and Katrini{a, dancers, lutists country club (clue l). Roko's alitri is the oil well (clue l).
Wednesday, Nester and Dionne, magicians, harpists Bridge's alibi isn't the press conference (clue 5), so it's the
Thursday, Fester and Ariane, singers, mandolinists priso-n, and by eliminarion Moss's alibi is the presi conference.
Fridav' Lester and Mariamne' juggrers' drummers
)ff{r;,,; .liJi:Til'#::}Illl;,x.T,]il#iiilr*fii,13:
TTEMS FOR SCHOOL plOe ZS Di or Lit (clue.4). so ste's Gretyl. Fox, then, is Di
t-s.n't
Ygss
(clue
a
Adrienne got a yellow pencit case {clue 4,1, and Joshua gor 6), and by eliminalion Rbko is Lily.. Gretyl Moss is
iJ"v{
green calcularoi (clue 9 r. Adrienneli ."riirr"i"r ,"a manied to xavier (clue 6 ). Di Fox, the. guilty. wom_an, isn't
iunchbox are lhe same co lor l clue 6). but ttrev're n or Uotfr gie'en manied to Fuzz or Quinn (clue 8). so she s married to Hatcher.
-.r.,.'rj,
a;i""; r;;;;;; ;;i;;t";; i; ;;";;
,.irii,"tii"i. Lily Roko. whose alibi was the oil well, isn't married to Quinn
Adrienne's pe*ir l"ti t| ;;;.'Ji;l;. bJ;';;
ii y.no"*Jt"; (clue 2),.so she's married to Fuzz, and by elimination Quinn is
they're blue, Joshua's lunchbox and Morgan's pencil case are maflleo to Lonlessa nnoge' rn-summary:
.
(clue
rhe same cotor (ctue 5), but rhey're nor bo;h blul, ye ow :glf*i,l:gq:'aYinn, Moroccan prison
item
I ), or green (clue 2). so lhey're rcd. Tony didn't get a red ul fox, nalcner' gullry
*u*. if,"
(clue E), so Adrienne did (clues I and'2), andit Gr€tl Moss, Xavier, press conference
Adrienne ljil }ll:tf:=: "lly:11
lunchbox (clue t). so ir was the no(ebook (ctue 2).
Maybeltine white' Angelo, country- club
it
didn't get a lunchbox (clue 2), so Morgan <iia lctrie t;, anO
was green {clue J.1. Morgan and Tony both got norebooks (clue
TEEOFF
7),soJoshuadidn't(clue | ): therefore he got a blue pencil case OAK HILLS
(clues I and_2t.Tonydidn'lgetapencilcase(clue l).sohego{ Norton didn't play rhe Green Course
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1or the next lo arrive
8).
ayellow calculalor and a green notebook (clues l. 2, and would be bolh Barry and Eunice---+lues 2 and 4), so Norton
Morgan didnt get a calculator (ctue t), so she got a yellow played the Yellow Course (clue 6). Thus, Norton isn't Carla
summary:
notebook (clues 1 and 2). In (clue l), Denis (clue 3), Eunice (clue 4), or Barry (clue 6), soc
pencit
Adrienne, blue calculator, red notebook, yellow
- Norton is Anne. Eunice, then, is Parker (clues 4 and 7). Denis is
case Thompson (clue 3). Carla isnt Morley lclues I and 5i, so Carla
case
Joshua, g reen calculator. red lunch box, blue pencil is Sheiman, and Barrv is Morley. Carla Sherman played the Red
pencil
Morgan, green lunchbox, yellow nolebook, red : Course (clues ana 8). Denis Thompson playeA me Wtite
case Course (clues I and 3). Barry Morley didn't play the Green
Tony, yellow calculator, blue lunchbox, green notebook Course (clue 2), so he playid the Orange Course, and by
Ms. Mays (clue 11), so she must be Irah (clue 4)r Ms. Berra ii
isn't second baseman t-eah (clue 2) or the first baseman (clue ii
7), so she wasn't a bridesmaid (clue 4); she was maid of.honor,
and therefore Leah and Ramon Clemente were the Sdcond Dair INTERNATIONAL PICNIC PAGE 32
(clue 2). Joe was best man (clue 2). Chad isn't the third The five children are Nathan, the Schroeder boy, the oldest '!i
basem:rn (clue 6), so he's. Mr. Maris; and by elimination the child, the child from India, and the child who arrived second i1;
third baseman is Duighr. Mr. Snider isn'( Dwight (clue 8), so (clue 1). Of these five, Marissa isn't the oldest (clue 2), and she lir
he's Joe. and by eliminalion Mr. Ford (clue 15) is Dwighr. didn't arrive second (clue 5), so she's fiom India- Carly Metzger .il
28 Dwight Ford wasn't part of the fourth pair (c!ue l5), so he was is two yoars old and the ygungest (clue 4), so she's the child il
in the third pair. and by elimination Chad Maris was in the who arrived second. Marissa isn't Baker (clue 2) orOates (clue i1
on fourth pair Ms. Berra-who was escorted by Joe Snider-isnlt 5), so she's Trevino. Baker'isn't the oldest (clue 2) so hgls
rla ,Susan or Yvette (clue 8), so she's Carmen. ChadMaris escorted Nathan, and by elimination Oates is the oldest. Oates arrived ,11
so Ms. Reese (clue 10). The right fielder is a womar, but not maid after Marissa Trevino (clue 5), so he isn't from China (clue 3), ? t:
iis of honor Carmen Berra (clue 12), so she's a bridesmaid; we and because he's the oldest he isn't from Ethiopia or Peru (clue ij,
rla know l,eah is the second baseman, so the right fielder can only 7), so he's from Korea. The children's ages include two (clue
ll l
ed be Ms. Mays (clue 4), and therefore she can only have been 4), five (clue 8), and six (clue 6), so at most or y two children
ite rl
escorted by Dwight Ford. Ms. Drysdale (clue l3) can only be can be older than six-namely the two oldest, the Oafes child .,i
en Leah. Ms. Reese isn't Yyette (clue 5), so she's Susan, and by from Korea being the oldest, and the child from Ethiopia being
by elimination Yvette is Mays. Susan Reese is the first baseman second-oldest (clue 7). Since Marissa Trevino isn'tfrom Korea
illl
tl
DELL LOGIC PUZZLES February 1995 57 l:
ll
li
or Ethiopia, she can't be older than six. She isn't one or two The bear, then, is Bomber (clue l), and by elimination Fen is b(
(clue 4), three (clues 2 and 4), five (clue 8), or six (clue 6), so the opossum. In sumrnary. th
she's four. Nathan Baker is three (clues 2 and 4). The six- and Binky the pig and Red the rooster th
five-year-olds must be Oates and Schroeder respectively (clue Bomber the bear and Jojo the fox e)
l). Kevin isn't Oates (clue 6), so he's Schrbeder, and by Fen the opossum and Skimpy the groundhog M
elimination Jared is Oates. Kevin Schroeder is from Ethiopia Lu lhe cal and Yu the oarroi al
(clue 7). Narhan Baker isn't from China lclue 1,, so he's from Malt the mouse and Mugsy the dog m
Peru, and by elimination Carly Metzger is from China. Kevin T
Schroeder arrived fifth (clue 2), Jared Oates fourth and Marissa in
Trevino third (clue 5), and by elimination Nathan Baker first. CIRCLE OFWOMEN PAGE 36
The first two women to introduce themselves were Joanne ald
rn summary: L
First, Nathan Baker. Peru. rhrec Kiandra respectively, who both sat in chairs (clues l, 2, and N
Second, Carly Metzger, China, two l4). No matter which two consecutive chairs they sat in, one tt
Third, Marissa Trevino, lndia, four sofa was occupied by either the third-fou h-fifth women or the
Fourth, Jared Oates. Korea. six fourth-fifth-sixth women, and the other was occuoied bv either al
the eighti-ninth-tenth women orthe ninth-tenth-ele;enft women;
Fifth, Kevin Schroeder, Ethiopia, five b,
in any case, the fourth, fifth, ninth, and tenth women to speak oi
sat on sofas. TlJe fourth and fifth women were Mabel and Nona
el
CABIN FEVER respectively, and their last names are Blaine and Effingham in (
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The A-frame isn't near Toivola (clue l), Point Abbaye (clue 8), some order (clue 3). The ninth and tenth women were Ayers
or Kiva (clue l4), so it's near either Naubinway or Traunik. In and Glass respectively (clue 6). Lyn and Dobson sat,side by
either case it can't be owned by Ogden (clues 9 and l0), nor is side on one sofa (clue 9); this wasn't the sofa that Mabel and
the A-frame owned by Langdon (clue 1), Kingsden (clue 6), or Nona sat on (since neither can be Dobson), so it was the sofa
Blagden (clue 8), so Glendon owru it. Thus it isn't near Naubinway that Ayers and Glass sat on, and Dobson was eighth oreleventh
(clue 2), so it's near TrauniL. lt doesn't have rhe new barbecui to speak. But eleventh was Stone (clue 7), so Dobson was
pit (clue 7), porch (clue 10), dock (clue 11), or sauna (clue 12), eighth. Lyn, then, is Ayers (clue 9). Since one sofa held the
so it has the satellite dish. Blagden's property isn't near Toivola eighth-linth-tenth women, and the first and second women
(clue 3) or Point Abbaye (ctue 8), so it's near either Kiva or wgre in chabs, the other sofa can only have held the third-fourth-fifth
Naubinway; in either case it isn't the dome (clue 9), nqr does women. Thus the fi-rst woman to speak-Joanne-sat in seat #5.
Blagden own the log cabin (clue 3) or the houseboat (clue 13), The seventh woman was Townsend and the eighth was Ruth (clue
so he owns the trailer. It isn't near Naubinway (clue 2), so it's 5). The four maried women (clue 14) include Kiandra (clue 2)
near Kiya. The new porch isn't Kingsden's (ilue 6), bgden,s and Stone (clue 7); Ruth Dobson and Lyn Ayers are both single
(clue i0), or Blagden's (clue 13), so it's Inngdon's. Langdon's (since they sat on a sofa-{lue 14), so Townsend is married
property isn't near Toivola (clue 1) or Point Atlbaye (clue 4), (clue 5) and Glass is single (clue 6): the remaining married
so it's near Naubiriway. The dome isn't Langdon's or Ogden's woman is Ivy, who sat on a sofa (clue 14) and therefore can
(clue 9); so it's Kingsden's. It doesn't have the new sauna (clue only be the woman in seal #?, the third to speak. Colby can
6) or barbecue pit (clue 7), so it has the bouit dock. It isn't near only be Joanne in seat #5 (clue l0). Blaine isn't Nona in seat
Toivola (clue 11), so it's near Point Atbaye. By elimination, #9 (ctues 3 and l2), so she's Mabel, and Nona is Effingham.
Ogden's property is near Toivola. The log cabin isn't Ogden's The woman in seat #10, sixth to speak, wasn't Fox or Volpone
(clue 3). so it's Langdon's, and by eliminarion Ogden owns rhe (ctue 4), so she was Zapata. Ivy, in seat #7 on a sofa, isn't Fox
houseboat. Ogden didn't build the sauna (clue 5), so Blagden
(clue 4), so she's Volpone, and by elimination Kiandra is Fox.
did, and by elimination Ogden built the barbecue pit. In sumrnary: There are now four women whose first names we haven't
Blagden, trailer, sauna, Kiva identified: Zapata in seaa #10, Townsend in #11, Gtass in #3,
and Stone in #4; they are Heidi, Olivia, Patti, and Qula in some
. Glendon, A,frame, satellite dish, Traunik
' Kingsden, dome, boat dock, Point Abbaye order. Of these four, Zapata, Townsend, and Stone sat in chain,
Langdon. log cabin, porch. Naubinway while Glass sat dn a sofa, so neither Olivia nor Patti can be
Ogden, houseboat, barbecue pit, Toivola Glass (clue l3). Zapatais single, so Heidi must be married (clue
I l): therefore Class. who is single, can't be Heidi either; so
Glass can only by Qula. Qula Glass is single, so Olivia must
CARTOON CRITTERS also be married (clue 8). Thus Zapara. who is single, can't be
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One pair are Lu and the panot (clue 9). The parrotrs name isn't either Heidi or Otivia. who are marriat Zapata can only be Patti.
Fen (clue 6), Skimpy (clue 8), Binky (clue 9), Bomber or Jojo Olivia isn't Townsend (who sat nexl ro Patri Zapara* clue l3;,
(clue 11), Mugsy or Red (clue 12), or Malt (clue 14), so this is soOlivia is Stone, and Heidi is To'*,rxend. In summary:
Yu. Lu isn't the mouse or dog (clue 2), opossum of pig (clue First. #5 tchair). Joanne Colby
4), groundhog (clue 8), rooster (clue 9), bear or fox (clue 13), Second, #6 (chair), Kiandra Fox (married)
so Lu is the cat. Another pair are Binky and the rooster (clue Third, #7 (sofa), Ivy Voipone (married)
9). The rooster isn't Mugsy (clue 5), Fen (clue 6), Skimpy (clue Fourth, #8 (sofa), Mabel Blaine
8), Bomber or Jojo (clue 11), or Malt (clue l4), so this is Red. Fifth, #9 (sofa), Nona Effingham
Binky isn't the mouse or dog (clue 2), fox (clue 3), bear (clue Sixth, #10 (chair), Pati Zapata
5), groundhog (clue 8), or opossum (clue 10), so Binky is.,the Seventlr, fl [ (chair). Heidi Townsend lmarried.l
pig. Anothgr pair are Bomber and Jojo (ilue l1). Fen isn't Eighth, #1 (sofa), Ruth Dobson
teamed with Mugsy (clue 1) or Malt (clue 7), so Fen is teamed
. Ninth, #2 (sofa). Lyn Ayers ?.
with Skimpy, and by elimination lhe remaining pair are Malt Tenth. #3 (sofa). Qula Glass
and Mugsy. Skimpy is the groundhog (clue 8), and the bear is Eleventh, #4 (chair), Olivia Stone (married)
either Bomber or Jojo (clue l), so the mouse and dog, who are
tea4ed (clue 2), can only be Malt and Mugsy; Malt isn't the FEPLACEMENT WEEK PAGE 37
dog (clue 7), so Malt is the mouse, and Mugsy is the dog. The The graphics monitor was bought before Lawrence's item,
fox isn't Bomber (clue 3) or Fen (clue 8), so the fox is Jojo. which was bought before Jipescu's item (clue 2), which was
ne Mincus's husband (clue 5), who can only be Frank (as we know
7): so Arbuckle had the wrench. Thus two ofhis cards were the
$, the positions of the other four men), so Frank is Mr Mincus.
wrench and the dining room, and the third was either Green,
be By;limination, Chloe is the catcher. Gus and Ebony are
the lead pipe, or the kitchen (clue 9). One of Babette's cards
uo mafiied, but their last name isn't Krebs (clue 6), so it can only
was either Mustard or the billiard room (clue 10); another was
so be Nye. Ms. lopez isn't Chloe (clue 2), so she's Anna. By
either Plum, the rope, or the study (clue 12); and a third was
.lst elimination, the Krebses are Ian and Chloe. In summary:
either the revolver or the balhoom (clue 15); so she had no
be First. Frank Mincus. infielder
other cards but tirese. Peacock wasn't held by Florian (clue 3),
ni. Second. Ebony Nye. outfielder
Dahlia, or Esmeralda (clue 6); since.no one had Peacock, this
3), Third, Hal Ong, pitcher
card represented the murderer. Green wasn't hetd by Dahlia
(clue 2), Esmeralda, or Florian (clue l3), and Green wasn:t the Fourth, Anna lrpez, infielder
murderer (Peacock was), so Green was Arbuckle's third card. Fifth; Gus Nye, outfielder
Nbither Mustard nor Plum was held by Dahlia, Esmeralda, or Sixth, Barb Mincus, infielder
Florian (clues 7 and l2), so Babette must have held both cards, Seventh, Ian Krebs, outfielder
and her third card was eithe,r the revolver or the ballroom (clue Eighth, Diana Ong. infielder
15), The rope wasn't held by Dahlia, Esmeralda, or Florian Ninth, Jack Lopez. outfielder
(clue 12), so no one held it, and it was the murder weapon. The Tenth, Chloe Krebs, catcher
leadpipe wasn't held by Dahlia (clue 2) or Florian (clue 9), and
it wasn'tthe murder weapon (the rope was), so Esmeralda must
have held it. The knife wasn't held by Dahlia or Esmeralda
(ctue 6), so Florian must have held it. We knqw Dahlia held no THE UNFORGOTTEN PAGE 40
suspects, so she must haye held at least one weapon (or she Thursday's and Friday's villains don't include Billy Bonnet
would have held three rooms, which is impossible-'--clue 17)l (clue 2);John Hardly Westem (clue 7), or Wyatt Urp (clu€ 9),
97 therefore Dahlia held the revolver, the only weapon unaccounted so they are Moondance Cassidy and Doc Easter in some order.
m, for. Babette, then, held the ballroom (clue l5). Th€ study wasn't In either case, Friday's villain can't be nicknamed 'Snake"
:ls held by Dahlia, Esmeralda, or Florian (clue 7), so no one held (clue 8), nor is he "Full House" (clue 6), "Two Bits" (clue 7);
thgr (clue 5) could only be Winona's, and Julie's would have lasted Eighth, St. Bamaby Parrots, Baltimore Orioles
)lue €ight months; but then the value of r would be four, and yet
roto none of the five romances would have lasted four months:-so
ton this is impossible. lf the woman la-k ing a psychic's advice were
)lue Winona, thenp would equal 6r, so Barb's romance would have ALBASABODES PAGE 46
lbe lasted 24r months; thert / would have to equal one (or Barb's The five houses were purchased in five consecutive months
ugh romance would have lasted more than 24 months--clue 5), during the same calendar year (introduction). A five-bedroom
day which is impossible (since we know the shonest romance was house was.purchased in March (clue 9), and the Ifknalises
iory three months long). So the woman taking a psychic's advice bought a house in April (clue 4)" so the fiye months were either
sn't can.only be Jdlie, and therefore p equals 2r. So Alicia's and January-February-March-April-May, February-March-April-
fore Barb's romances lasted 4r and 8r months respectively; and by May-June, or March-April-May-June-July. The March house
the elimination the woman who claimed to be taking religious vows wasn't bought by the Quinns (clue 3) or the Zubins (who didn't
lher can only be Jessica. Thus Julie's, Alicia's,- Winona's, and buy a five-bedroom house----clue 6). Ifthe W€yricks hadbought
vay Barb's romances lasted six, 12, 18, and 24 months respectively. the March house. then the Quinns would have boughl lheir
frve The woman citing her boyfriend's obsession with baseball was house in February lclue 31: the Yardleys couldn't have bought
ion Barb (clue 3), and the woman claiming to have found someon€ their house after the Quinns-Weyricks-IJknalises (or they'd be
hrb, new wasn't Alicia (ilue 6), so she was Winona. By elimimtion, the fourth or fifth to buy, which is impossible--,+lue 7), so
rlue Alicia claimed an objection to long-distance romances. In they'd have bought theirs in January; and by elimination the
the summary: May house would be the Zubins'; but this is impossible (since
ESe Alicia, John Roberts, long-distance romance,.l2 months the March house had five bedrooms, not four----clue 6), so the
iet Barti, John Johnson, obsession with baseball, 24 months March house wasn't bought by the Weyricks; it can only have
bis Jessicb, John Smith, religious vows, three months been bought by the Yardleys. Thp Uknalises'house is the
day Julie, John Jones, psychic's advice, six months Victorian, and the May house was in Oak Creek (clue 7). The
rSo Winona, John Williams, nbw boyfriend, 18 months Quinns didn't buy in February (clue 3), and neither did the
ryor Weyricks (or else the Quinns would have bought theirs in
Jnt January-clue 3-and the Zubins could then have only bought
'rah theirs in May, but as the March house had five bedrooms, not
lbv MINOR LEAGUE PAGE 45 four, this is impossible ---clue 6). Ifthe Zdbins had boughtthoir
nse The Giants farm team finished second, and New Cha-rtres, tle house in February, then the Quinns and Weyricks could only
on, Sha*s, and the Meteors finished hrst, third, and fourth in some have.bought in May and June respectively (clue 3); the Weydcks
lhe order (clue l). Winterglen didn't finish first, third, or fourth would have bought in Palmer Village (clue 3); the Zubins and
the (clues 1 and 9), and neither did the Admirals (ctues I and I l), Uknalises would have both bought four-bedroom houses (clue
ion so the Adminls, Winterglen, and the Orioles farm team finished 6); and the Kentfield house would have six bedrooms (clue 4),
either fifth:sixth-seventh or sixth-seventh-eighth (clue 5). The which would be impossible {by elimination the Kentfield house
Summerset Suns ilidn't finish first, third, or fourth (clues 1 and could only be one of the four- or five-bedroom houses). So
8), and neither did the Mountaineers (clues 1 and 11), so the none of tie five couples can have bought a house in February
Surnmerset Suns, the Pirates farm team, aqd the Mountaineers and therefore the houses were bought in March,April-May- I
fi nished either fi fth-sixth-seventh or sixth-seventh-eighth (clue June-July. The Yardleys bought the colonial (clue 2). The
8). The only way the two groups in clues 5 and 8 can overlap, Quinns and Weyricks boughr in csnsecutive months (clue 3). i
then, is that the Summerset Suns finished fifth; the Admirals, either May-June or June-July, so by elimination the Zubins ?
which is the Pirates farm team, finished sixth; the Winterglen boughl in either May or July; in either case the May and July
Mountaineers fiirished seventh; and the Orioles farn team finish€d houses both have four bedrooms (clue 6). The Uknalises didn't
/$ eighth. The Dukes didn'r finish second or lasr (clue 7), so rhey buy in Palmer \4llage (clue 3), Kentfield (clge 4), or Lanh4mton
di' {inished first, rhird. or fourth, and in any case they must be the (clue 5), so they bought in New Durham. The Yardleys didn't
no New Chartros team (clue l). The Waves didn't finish last (clue buy in Patmer Village (clue 3) or t anhamton (clue 5), so they
hip 4), and they didn't finish first, third, or fourth (those three teams bought in Kentfield. The flknalises' house, then, has three