HARD 5x5
It's the summer holidays, and five teens who have been neighbors for many years have decided to get together to form their own junior detective agency! Just for fun, they have been knocking on all the doors in their neighborhood, asking if anyone needs help investigating even the smallest of mysteries - at no charge. Enough neighbors agreed that they each have one case under investigation, with a single clue to go on for each mystery. Can you determine which neighbor each teen investigator is working for, the subject of the case, what the provided clue is, and what they've found so far?
| Neighbor | Case | Clue | Findings | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mrs Poulter | Mr Harris | Ms Skyler | Mr Samuels | Mrs Garcia | Missing Mail | Stolen Plant | Damaged Fence | Abandoned House | Visiting Cat | Note | Footprint | Phone Call | Security Footage | Witnessed Kids Running | No Findings Yet | Neighbor Confessed | Local Kids Did It | Multiple Victims | Another Clue | ||
| Investigator | Adrian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Katelyn | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Christian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diego | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gillian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Findings | No Findings Yet | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Neighbor Confessed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Local Kids Did It | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiple Victims | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Another Clue | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Clue | Note | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Footprint | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Phone Call | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Security Footage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Witnessed Kids Running | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Case | Missing Mail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stolen Plant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Damaged Fence | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Abandoned House | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Visiting Cat | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Clues
1) Mr Harris is concerned about an apparent abandoned house at the end of his street, after seeing shadows through the windows on a number of occasions. He'd like to know if someone is spending time there, for peace of mind. The last time he lived near an abandoned house it went up in flames, and he'd rather not go through that again.
2) It was found that local kids were behind one of the incidents, but this wasn't the case where local kids were witnessed running away!
3) The five teens are the one investigating the abandoned house, Adrian, the one who found that local kids were the culprits, the one helping Ms Skyler, and the one investigating for the neighbor who received a mystery phone call in connection with the case matter.
4) Mrs Poulter is either the neighbor who provided the clue of a strange phone call that was received or the report of having witnessed some kids running away.
5) Christian is not the one assigned to Mr Samuels case. He is however, the teen who does not have any findings yet.
6) Ms Skyler provided security footage to help her case. This isn't the case where the investigating teen hasn't found anything yet.
7) Mr Samuels is quite mad about his damaged fence, given how much it recently cost him to upgrade it. His neighbor had refused to contribute to the cost, making him all the more bitter about it.
8) After some sharp investigating by one of the teens, a nearby neighbor confessed to stealing a plant! The man apologized, but only after commenting that the woman he stole it from has so many plants he's surprised she even noticed.
9) The footprint clue wasn't particularly useful, but after some shrewd investigative work another clue was found by the teen on the case! That's all they have so far.
10) Diego chose Mrs Poulter's case as his parents are friends with her. He was not the one who found out that local kids were responsible.
11) Neither Mr Samuels nor Mrs Garcia provided the clue of having witnessed kids running away.
12) One neighbor received an apologetic but vague note, which they provided as a clue. This was not the case of the missing mail.
13) Gillian is not working for Ms Skyler.
14) One neighbor wanted to find out who owns a long-haired cat that keeps visiting her yard. As much as she likes cats, it eats her dog's food and is making a mess of her garden. She received a phone call one day asking about a neighborhood cat, but she couldn't understand what the person was saying before the call disconnected.
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Solved Clues
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| Investigator | Neighbor | Case | Clue | Findings |
| Adrian | ||||
| Katelyn | ||||
| Christian | ||||
| Diego | ||||
| Gillian |
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How To Play This Logic Puzzle
- Read the introduction and scan the clues. You can work through the clues in order, but the best approach is to attack the simplest clues first.
- Mark the clue information in the grid by clicking once in the relevant cell/square for an X (meaning false) and twice for a ✓ tick (true).
- If you make a mistake on a ticked cell, click again in that cell and it will clear. Or, to clear an X, click twice in that cell to clear.
- Once you have extracted all information from a clue, click on the clue to move it to the Solved Clues list.
- Some clues will need to be revisited once you have filled out more information in the grid. Keep working through them logically until you have completed the puzzle.
- Your answers will be checked automatically once you have filled out all squares.
- For more detailed illustrated guides on solving logic puzzles, check out the Quick Links section above these instructions.