The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from March 19, 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 66 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
Instruments
Guitar
Junk Food
Sports
Baseball
Puck
Clues
The golden retriever is playing baseball
Someone is playing tuba at the ping pong game
The cattle dog is left of the hot dog stand
The trumpet music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent
The border collie plays the clarinet
The ice cream stand is at the trail
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Guitar at the Beach, Baseball at the Park, Puck at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The ice cream stand is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “Someone is playing tuba at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments; Ping Pong must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The cattle dog is left of the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Lake; Hot Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “The trumpet music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park.
Clue 5: “The border collie plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Akita
Instruments
Trumpet
Guitar
Clarinet
Tuba
Junk Food
Hamburger
Donut
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Sports
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Puck
Ping Pong
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #578
6 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 10 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 99% 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
Akita
Instruments
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Sports
Tennis Ball
Puck
Clues
The hot dog stand is at the park
The guitar player is left of the ping pong game
The trumpet music and the hamburger stand are at most 1 locations apart
The golden retriever is having a walk at the park
The ping pong game is left of the donut stand, is left of the tuba music
The cattle dog is playing ping pong
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Lake, Akita at the Lake, Tennis Ball at the Trail, Ice Cream at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The hot dog stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “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 2: “The guitar player is left of the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments; Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Park.
Clue 6: “The cattle dog is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Trail.
Clue 5: “The ping pong game is left of the donut stand, is left of the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail 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. Hamburger goes at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The trumpet music and the hamburger stand are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Akita
Instruments
Guitar
Clarinet
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Donut
Hamburger
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Puck
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #578
22 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 44 solving steps.
●●●○○Difficulty 3/5: harder than 59% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The football game and the broccoli patch are at the same location
Someone heard a dog playing flute at the park
The donut stand is at the park
Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the farm
The piano music and the pizza stand are diagonally adjacent
The border collie is next to the baseball game
The cosmo garden is next to the football game
The lab mix is next to the ice cream stand
The cattle dog is playing hockey
The garlic patch and the french fries stand are at the same location
The akita and the saxophone music are not at the same location
One dog is playing piano and eating hamburgers
The tuba music could be heard next to the pepper patch
The border collie is playing tennis
The hockey game is next to the cabbage patch
The garlic patch is left of the soccer game
The chrysanthemum garden is next to the tennis game
The sheltie is playing baseball
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the lake
Poppies are growing at the lake
The lab mix is having a walk at the beach
Irises are growing at the trail
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Broccoli at the Farm, Zinnia at the Park, Turnip at the Snow, Pepper at the Park.
Clue 2: “Someone heard a dog playing flute at the park” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 3: “The donut stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the farm” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 19: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the lake” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 20: “Poppies are growing at the lake” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 21: “The lab mix is having a walk at the beach” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 22: “Irises are growing at the trail” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 1: “The football game and the broccoli patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 5: “The piano music and the pizza stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Snow.
Clue 6: “The border collie is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “The cosmo garden is next to the football game” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 8: “The lab mix is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 5: “The piano music and the pizza stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Beach.
Clue 9: “The cattle dog is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Farm; Puck can't be at the Beach.
Clue 10: “The garlic patch and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Trail; French Fries can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 11: “The akita and the saxophone music are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Farm.
Clue 12: “One dog is playing piano and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments; Hamburger must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 5: “The piano music and the pizza stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The tuba music could be heard next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Trail.
Clue 14: “The border collie is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Farm; Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The garlic patch is left of the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 17: “The chrysanthemum garden is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Lake.
Clue 14: “The border collie is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Lake.
Clue 6: “The border collie is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 18: “The sheltie is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs; Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
The Farm still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Golden Retriever goes at the Farm.
The Beach still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Ping Pong goes at the Beach.
Clue 6: “The border collie is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park.
Clue 14: “The border collie is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Park.
The Park still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Puck goes at the Park.
Clue 9: “The cattle dog is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 15: “The hockey game is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Trail.
Clue 10: “The garlic patch and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The garlic patch is left of 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.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail.
Clue 14: “The border collie is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Snow.
Clue 17: “The chrysanthemum garden is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Lab Mix
Border Collie
Sheltie
Akita
Golden Retriever
Flowers
Zinnia
Chrysanthemum
Iris
Poppy
Cosmo
Dahlia
Instruments
Flute
Tuba
Clarinet
Guitar
Piano
Saxophone
Junk Food
Donut
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
French Fries
Hamburger
Pizza
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Soccer Ball
Football
Vegetables
Pepper
Cabbage
Carrot
Garlic
Turnip
Broccoli
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #578
24 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 66 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 92% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The garlic patch is equidistant from the hamburger stand and the dahlia garden
Dahlias are growing next to the hot dogs
The golden retriever is next to the baseball game
The pizza stand is left of the pepper patch, is left of the guitar music
A flute could be heard next to the baseball game
The soccer game is equidistant from the pepper patch and the cattle dog
The akita is not at the park
The carrot patch is at the park, trail, or snow
The clarinet music and the cabbage patch are at the same location
Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the park
The hockey game is at the farm
The border collie likes eating donuts
The soccer game is next to the donut stand
Guitar music is coming from the poppy garden
The broccoli patch and the pizza stand are at knight's move distance
The baseball game and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center
The lab mix is next to the broccoli patch
The zinnia garden is at the Snow or the Farm
The saxophone player is left of the soccer game
The cosmo garden and the carrot patch have one location between them
The ping pong game and the french fries stand are at most 1 locations apart
The lab mix likes eating hot dogs
The chrysanthemum garden is next to the tennis game
The sheltie and the carrot patch have two locations between them
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Tennis Ball at the Beach, Cattle Dog at the Trail, Ice Cream at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The akita is not at the park” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Park.
Clue 8: “The carrot patch is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 10: “Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the park” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 11: “The hockey game is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 18: “The zinnia garden is at the Snow or the Farm” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park, Beach, Trail, or Lake.
Clue 2: “Dahlias are growing next to the hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park.
Clue 9: “The clarinet music and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Park.
Clue 12: “The border collie likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach; Donut can't be at the Trail.
Clue 13: “The soccer game is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park; Donut can't be at the Park.
Clue 12: “The border collie likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park.
Clue 14: “Guitar music is coming from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Park.
Clue 15: “The broccoli patch and the pizza stand are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “The baseball game and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Snow.
Clue 9: “The clarinet music and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Snow.
Clue 19: “The saxophone player is left of the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 20: “The cosmo garden and the carrot patch have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 22: “The lab mix likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Beach; Hot Dog can't be at the Trail.
Clue 23: “The chrysanthemum garden is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach, Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 24: “The sheltie and the carrot patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Park or Snow.
The Park still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Lab Mix goes at the Park.
Clue 17: “The lab mix 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 9: “The clarinet music and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach.
Clue 15: “The broccoli patch and the pizza stand are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 16: “The baseball game and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Snow.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Farm.
Clue 5: “A flute could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Farm.
Clue 22: “The lab mix likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park 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 2: “Dahlias are growing next to the hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 14: “Guitar music is coming from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Beach.
Clue 21: “The ping pong game and the french fries stand are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park.
Clue 1: “The garlic patch is equidistant from the hamburger stand and the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Snow; Garlic can't be at the Park, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 4: “The pizza stand is left of the pepper patch, is left of the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Park, Trail, or Farm; Guitar can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 14: “Guitar music is coming from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Trail or Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Iris goes at the Lake.
Clue 6: “The soccer game is equidistant from the pepper patch and the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables; Soccer Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow.
Clue 5: “A flute could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 13: “The soccer game is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 12: “The border collie likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 16: “The baseball game and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The clarinet music and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Trail.
Clue 19: “The saxophone player is left of the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Lake.
Clue 24: “The sheltie and the carrot patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The pizza stand is left of the pepper patch, is left of the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Piano goes at the Snow.
Clue 9: “The clarinet music and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Turnip goes at the Farm.
Clue 14: “Guitar music is coming from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm 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 16: “The baseball game and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Park.
Clue 20: “The cosmo garden and the carrot patch have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Park.
Clue 24: “The sheltie and the carrot patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Farm.
Clue 1: “The garlic patch is equidistant from the hamburger stand and the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.