The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from March 21, 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 59 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
Akita
Instruments
Clarinet
Tuba
Junk Food
Hamburger
Sports
Clues
The cattle dog is next to the hockey game
The border collie is playing tennis
The hot dog stand is next to the trumpet music
The dog playing baseball likes to eat ice cream
The baseball game is at the park
The ping pong game is at the trail
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Akita at the Trail, Clarinet at the Beach, Tuba at the Trail, Hamburger at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The baseball game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 6: “The ping pong game is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 1: “The cattle dog is next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs; Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Lake.
Clue 2: “The border collie is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Border Collie 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.
Clue 3: “The hot dog stand is next to the trumpet music” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food; Trumpet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Park.
Clue 4: “The dog playing baseball likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Akita
Border Collie
Instruments
Guitar
Clarinet
Tuba
Trumpet
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Donut
Sports
Baseball
Puck
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #601
7 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 14 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 71% 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
Instruments
Junk Food
Donut
Hot Dog
Sports
Clues
The akita likes eating hot dogs
The cattle dog and the tuba music have two locations between them
The akita is playing ping pong
The golden retriever is playing hockey
The baseball game is at the beach or the lake
One dog is playing trumpet and eating ice cream
The clarinet music is next to the akita
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Hot Dog at the Lake, Donut at the Park.
Clue 5: “The baseball game is at the beach or the lake” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 1: “The akita likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “The cattle dog and the tuba music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs; Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 3: “The akita is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 4: “The golden retriever is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Park.
Clue 6: “One dog is playing trumpet and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “The clarinet music is next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Park.
Clue 6: “One dog is playing trumpet and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Akita
Instruments
Guitar
Trumpet
Clarinet
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
Ping Pong
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #601
21 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 55 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 97% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The cabbage patch and the iris garden are at the same location
The lab mix is next to the french fries stand
The border collie is next to the donut stand
The saxophone music is left of the broccoli patch
The zinnia garden and the cattle dog are at the same location
The chrysanthemum garden and the ice cream stand are at the same location
The akita plays the saxophone
The pizza stand and the dahlia garden are at the same location
The dahlia garden and the soccer game are at the same location
The piano music is next to the akita
The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the soccer game
Clarinet music is coming from the zinnia garden
The hockey game is next to the ice cream stand
The baseball game and the garlic patch are at the same location
The border collie is next to the tennis game
The tennis game and the pepper patch are diagonally adjacent
The tennis game is at the lake
The turnip patch is at the trail
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Flute at the Farm, Cosmo at the Beach, Tuba at the Beach, Ping Pong at the Trail.
Clue 1: “Poppies are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 20: “The tennis game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 21: “The turnip patch is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 3: “One dog is playing tuba and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “The cabbage patch and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Park or Beach; Iris can't be at the Trail.
Clue 5: “The lab mix is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The border collie is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 7: “The saxophone music is left of the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Park.
Clue 8: “The zinnia garden and the cattle dog are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Farm; Cattle Dog can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 9: “The chrysanthemum garden and the ice cream stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Park.
Clue 10: “The akita plays the saxophone” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Beach.
Clue 11: “The pizza stand and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Park.
Clue 12: “The dahlia garden and the soccer game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Trail or Lake; Soccer Ball can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 11: “The pizza stand and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 13: “The piano music is next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park; Akita can't be at the Park.
Clue 10: “The akita plays the saxophone” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “The saxophone music is left of the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 15: “Clarinet music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Park.
The Park still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Guitar goes at the Park.
Clue 16: “The hockey game is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park.
Clue 17: “The baseball game and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Lake.
Clue 18: “The border collie is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
The Park still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Sheltie goes at the Park.
The Beach still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Lab Mix goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The lab mix is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 8: “The zinnia garden and the cattle dog are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Trail.
The Trail still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Chrysanthemum goes at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The chrysanthemum garden and the ice cream stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 10: “The akita plays the saxophone” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Trail.
Clue 7: “The saxophone music is left of the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Lake.
Clue 15: “Clarinet music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Trail.
The Trail still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Piano goes at the Trail.
Clue 13: “The piano music is next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Snow.
Clue 8: “The zinnia garden and the cattle dog are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The cabbage patch and the iris garden 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.
Clue 10: “The akita plays the saxophone” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Snow.
Clue 11: “The pizza stand and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 12: “The dahlia garden and the soccer game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 14: “The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the soccer game” 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. Hamburger goes at the Lake.
Clue 16: “The hockey game is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 17: “The baseball game and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 19: “The tennis game and the pepper patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Beach.
Clue 17: “The baseball game and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Sheltie
Lab Mix
Border Collie
Akita
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Flowers
Poppy
Cosmo
Chrysanthemum
Iris
Zinnia
Dahlia
Instruments
Guitar
Tuba
Piano
Saxophone
Clarinet
Flute
Junk Food
French Fries
Donut
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Pizza
Sports
Baseball
Puck
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Football
Soccer Ball
Vegetables
Garlic
Carrot
Turnip
Cabbage
Pepper
Broccoli
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #601
26 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 59 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 71% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The french fries stand and the garlic patch are not at the same location
The poppy garden is at the park, trail, or snow
The border collie and the dahlia garden are at knight's move distance
The ping pong game is left of the carrot patch
The clarinet music and the lab mix have two locations between them
The donut stand is next to the saxophone music
The turnip patch is at the park
The dog playing soccer likes to eat hot dogs
The border collie is at the beach, lake, or farm
The tennis game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent
The hot dog stand and the flute music are at symmetric positions around the center
The soccer game is not next to the akita
The dahlia garden is left of the golden retriever, is left of the football game
The lab mix is having a walk at the park
The dahlia garden is farther from the ping pong game than from the pizza stand
The cattle dog likes to eat pepper
A flute could be heard next to the hockey game
The soccer game is equidistant from the piano music and the golden retriever
The hamburger stand is equidistant from the zinnia garden and the baseball game
The iris garden and the clarinet music have one location between them
The guitar music and the border collie have two locations between them
The chrysanthemum garden is equidistant from the broccoli patch and the hot dog stand
The ice cream stand is next to the soccer game
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Carrot at the Lake, Cabbage at the Trail.
Clue 3: “Cosmos are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 5: “The poppy garden is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 10: “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 12: “The border collie is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 17: “The lab mix is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “The border collie likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 6: “The border collie and the dahlia garden are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 7: “The ping pong game is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 1: “Someone is playing flute at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 8: “The clarinet music and the lab mix have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 11: “The dog playing soccer likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 13: “The tennis game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The hot dog stand and the flute music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Beach; Flute can't be at the Beach.
Clue 1: “Someone is playing flute at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Beach.
Clue 2: “The border collie likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach.
Clue 11: “The dog playing soccer likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 15: “The soccer game is not next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Snow.
Clue 19: “The cattle dog likes to eat pepper” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 20: “A flute could be heard next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park, Trail, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 23: “The iris garden and the clarinet music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 24: “The guitar music and the border collie have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Beach, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 26: “The ice cream stand is next to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Park, Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 16: “The dahlia garden is left of the golden retriever, is left of the football game” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Farm; Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach or Farm; Football can't be at the Park, Beach, or Trail.
Clue 18: “The dahlia garden is farther from the ping pong game than from the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Park.
Clue 21: “The soccer game is equidistant from the piano music and the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park, Beach, or Farm; Soccer Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports; Golden Retriever can't be at the Lake.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 11: “The dog playing soccer likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 2: “The border collie likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 6: “The border collie and the dahlia garden are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 14: “The hot dog stand and the flute music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Piano goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “Someone is playing flute at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 9: “The donut stand is next to the saxophone music” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 15: “The soccer game is not next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Trail.
Clue 18: “The dahlia garden is farther from the ping pong game than from the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 21: “The soccer game is equidistant from the piano music and the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 22: “The hamburger stand is equidistant from the zinnia garden and the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Trail; Hamburger can't be at the Park or Farm; Baseball can't be at the Snow.
The Farm still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. French Fries goes at the Farm.
The Park still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Donut goes at the Park.
Clue 4: “The french fries stand and the garlic patch are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Farm.
Clue 9: “The donut stand is next to the saxophone music” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Farm.
Clue 25: “The chrysanthemum garden is equidistant from the broccoli patch and the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Snow; Chrysanthemum can't be at the Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Zinnia goes at the Lake.
Clue 13: “The tennis game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Farm.
Clue 22: “The hamburger stand is equidistant from the zinnia garden and the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food; Baseball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Trail.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Park.
Clue 13: “The tennis game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Farm.
Clue 19: “The cattle dog likes to eat pepper” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Snow.
Clue 25: “The chrysanthemum garden is equidistant from the broccoli patch and the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.