The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from March 7, with every clue written out, a step-by-step walkthrough, and the final answer.
Each puzzle is a row of locations (Park, Beach, Trail, and so on). Every location holds exactly one item from each category, and the clues tell you how the items relate. Try a puzzle in the game first and open the walkthrough if you get stuck; solutions stay hidden until you click. The longest walkthrough on this date is the 6x6 Hard puzzle, at 58 steps. Difficulty ratings compare each puzzle with every other puzzle of the same size and level, and the hardest daily puzzles so far have their own page. New to these puzzles? Read how to solve logic grid puzzles or the guide to every clue type.
Every location gets exactly one item from each category:
Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Clarinet
Tuba
Junk Food
Sports
Baseball
Clues
The cattle dog likes eating hamburgers
The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the ping pong game
The border collie is left of the donut stand
Someone is playing guitar at the hockey game
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park
The hot dog stand is at the beach
The akita is having a walk at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Tuba at the Lake, Baseball at the Lake, Clarinet at the Beach, Cattle Dog at the Lake.
Clue 5: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The hot dog stand is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “The akita is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The cattle dog likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 2: “The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The border collie is left of the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs; Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Trail.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Park.
Clue 4: “Someone is playing guitar at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Guitar
Clarinet
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Donut
Hamburger
Sports
Puck
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Baseball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1499
6 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 13 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 82% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
Every location gets exactly one item from each category:
Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Sports
Clues
The clarinet music is equidistant from the cattle dog and the baseball game
The golden retriever likes eating hamburgers
The hamburger stand is left of the baseball game
The donut stand and the hockey game are not at the same location
The ping pong game is left of the donut stand, is left of the tuba music
The trumpet music and the border collie have two locations between them
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Cattle Dog at the Beach, Ice Cream at the Park.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park; Hamburger can't be at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The hamburger stand is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food; Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 6: “The trumpet music and the border collie have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 1: “The clarinet music is equidistant from the cattle dog and the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 5: “The ping pong game is left of the donut stand, is left of the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports; Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food; Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The donut stand and the hockey game are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Beach.
Clue 6: “The trumpet music and the border collie have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Instruments
Trumpet
Guitar
Clarinet
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Sports
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Puck
Baseball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1499
23 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 41 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 55% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The golden retriever and the poppy garden are diagonally adjacent
The football game is next to the border collie
The soccer game and the ice cream stand are not at the same location
The clarinet music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent
The cabbage patch and the dahlia garden are at the same location
Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the chrysanthemum garden
The baseball game is left of the cosmo garden
The saxophone music is next to the cosmo garden
The hockey game and the broccoli patch are at the same location
The carrot patch and the iris garden are at the same location
The tuba music and the carrot patch are at the same location
The hamburger stand is next to the garlic patch
The zinnia garden is left of the hot dog stand
The guitar music is next to the donut stand
The hockey game is at the lake
Someone heard a dog playing piano at the snow
The turnip patch is at the park
The tennis game is at the farm
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Clarinet at the Beach, Cattle Dog at the Beach, Garlic at the Beach, Saxophone at the Farm.
Clue 1: “The soccer game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The akita is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 20: “The hockey game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 21: “Someone heard a dog playing piano at the snow” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 22: “The turnip patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 23: “The tennis game is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 3: “The cattle dog likes eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 5: “The lab mix likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Farm.
Clue 6: “The golden retriever and the poppy garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 7: “The football game is next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Snow.
Clue 8: “The soccer game and the ice cream stand are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Park.
Clue 9: “The clarinet music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 10: “The cabbage patch and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park.
Clue 11: “Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 12: “The baseball game is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park.
Clue 13: “The saxophone music is next to the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 10: “The cabbage patch and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Snow.
Clue 12: “The baseball game is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Snow.
Clue 14: “The hockey game and the broccoli patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 5: “The lab mix likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Snow.
Clue 7: “The football game is next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Snow.
Clue 10: “The cabbage patch and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Lake.
Clue 15: “The carrot patch and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Snow; Iris can't be at the Park or Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Zinnia goes at the Lake.
The Park still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Chrysanthemum goes at the Park.
The Snow still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Pepper goes at the Snow.
Clue 16: “The tuba music and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Carrot must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Farm.
Clue 10: “The cabbage patch and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Trail.
Clue 17: “The hamburger stand is next to the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 18: “The zinnia garden is left of the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Lake.
Clue 19: “The guitar music is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments; Donut must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Park.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Lab Mix
Sheltie
Akita
Flowers
Chrysanthemum
Poppy
Iris
Zinnia
Cosmo
Dahlia
Instruments
Flute
Clarinet
Tuba
Guitar
Piano
Saxophone
Junk Food
Hamburger
Pizza
Ice Cream
French Fries
Donut
Hot Dog
Sports
Soccer Ball
Football
Baseball
Puck
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Vegetables
Turnip
Garlic
Carrot
Broccoli
Pepper
Cabbage
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1499
26 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 58 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 66% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The border collie is left of the cabbage patch, is left of the flute music
The hot dog stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center
The guitar music is not at an edge
The pizza stand and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center
The cosmo garden and the garlic patch are at symmetric positions around the center
The tuba music is between the donut stand and the cattle dog
The zinnia is not at the farm
The tennis game is left of the tuba player
Dahlias are growing next to the hot dogs
The guitar music is left of the garlic patch
The broccoli patch is equidistant from the poppy garden and the golden retriever
The tuba music and the dahlia garden are at knight's move distance
The piano music was not heard at the park
The turnip patch is left of the clarinet music, is left of the baseball game
The lab mix is not at an edge
The french fries stand and the football game are at most 1 locations apart
The hockey game is farther from the lab mix than from the chrysanthemum garden
The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts
The cattle dog is next to the hamburger stand
The pepper patch is not next to the iris garden
Someone is playing clarinet at the soccer game
The piano music and the carrot patch are at the same location
The zinnia garden and the football game are at least 2 locations apart
The ice cream stand is at the farm
The akita and the hot dog stand are at most 2 locations apart
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Sheltie at the Farm, Cattle Dog at the Snow.
Clue 4: “The guitar music is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 8: “The zinnia is not at the farm” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Farm.
Clue 14: “The piano music was not heard at the park” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “The lab mix is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Park.
Clue 25: “The ice cream stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “The hot dog stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “The pizza stand and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Park or Beach; Border Collie can't be at the Park.
Clue 9: “The tennis game is left of the tuba player” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Farm; Tuba can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 3: “The hot dog stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 11: “The guitar music is left of the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 6: “The cosmo garden and the garlic patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 19: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Farm.
Clue 20: “The cattle dog is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “The hot dog stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Trail.
Clue 5: “The pizza stand and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Trail.
Clue 10: “Dahlias are growing next to the hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Snow.
Clue 19: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake.
Clue 1: “The ping pong game is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Snow.
Clue 23: “The piano music and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Park.
Clue 2: “The border collie is left of the cabbage patch, is left of the flute music” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Park, Beach, or Farm; Flute can't be at the Park, Beach, or Trail.
Clue 7: “The tuba music is between the donut stand and the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Snow; Tuba can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 9: “The tennis game is left of the tuba player” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 1: “The ping pong game is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 3: “The hot dog stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 5: “The pizza stand and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 10: “Dahlias are growing next to the hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park, Beach, or Trail.
Clue 13: “The tuba music and the dahlia garden are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments; Dahlia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 17: “The french fries stand and the football game are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 19: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports; Donut must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 1: “The ping pong game is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 22: “Someone is playing clarinet at the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Lake; Clarinet can't be at the Park, Beach, or Trail.
The Park still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Saxophone goes at the Park.
Clue 23: “The piano music and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Beach; Carrot can't be at the Lake.
The Beach still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Guitar goes at the Beach.
The Trail still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Piano goes at the Trail.
Clue 23: “The piano music and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 6: “The cosmo garden and the garlic patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Lake.
Clue 24: “The zinnia garden and the football game are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Beach, Trail, or Lake.
Clue 26: “The akita and the hot dog stand are at most 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Park.
Clue 2: “The border collie is left of the cabbage patch, is left of the flute music” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables; Flute must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Snow.
Clue 6: “The cosmo garden and the garlic patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Beach.
Clue 22: “Someone is playing clarinet at the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 12: “The broccoli patch is equidistant from the poppy garden and the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 6: “The cosmo garden and the garlic patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 15: “The turnip patch is left of the clarinet music, is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Lake.
Clue 18: “The hockey game is farther from the lab mix than from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Beach.
Clue 21: “The pepper patch is not next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.