The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from April 1, 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
Clarinet
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Sports
Puck
Clues
The clarinet could not be heard at the tennis game
Trumpet could be heard next to the cattle dog
The donut stand is catty-corner to the baseball game
The akita plays the tuba
The border collie doesn't like hot dog
The cattle dog is left of the baseball game
Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the lake
The hamburger stand is at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Clarinet at the Beach, Puck at the Park, Ice Cream at the Lake.
Clue 7: “Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the lake” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 8: “The hamburger stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 1: “The clarinet could not be heard at the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 2: “Trumpet could be heard next to the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The akita plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs; Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The cattle dog is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball 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 Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The donut stand is catty-corner to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The border collie doesn't like hot dog” 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
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Instruments
Tuba
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Junk Food
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Donut
Ice Cream
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Baseball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #544
8 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 12 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 91% 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
Clarinet
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Sports
Clues
The border collie and the ice cream stand are at symmetric positions around the center
The baseball game is next to the cattle dog
The trumpet music is at the beach or the lake
The golden retriever is left of the ping pong game, is left of the ice cream stand
The hamburger stand is not next to the guitar music
One dog is playing trumpet and eating hamburgers
The hockey game is at the lake
The guitar music is farther from the hot dog stand than from the ping pong game
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Lake, Clarinet at the Park.
Clue 3: “The trumpet music is at the beach or the lake” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Trail.
Clue 7: “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 1: “The border collie and the ice cream stand are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 6: “One dog is playing trumpet and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food; Trumpet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 5: “The hamburger stand is not next to the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The golden retriever is left of the ping pong game, is left of the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs; Ping Pong must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The baseball game is next to the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Lake.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Park.
Clue 8: “The guitar music is farther from the hot dog stand than from the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Akita
Instruments
Clarinet
Trumpet
Tuba
Guitar
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Donut
Ice Cream
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #544
23 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 40 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 62% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The pepper patch and the donut stand are at the same location
The french fries stand is at the park
Someone is playing saxophone at the ping pong game
The guitar music is next to the chrysanthemum garden
The pizza stand and the poppy garden are at the same location
The flute music is next to the golden retriever
The ice cream stand is left of the zinnia garden
The cattle dog and the dahlia garden are diagonally adjacent
The poppy garden is next to the carrot patch
The ice cream stand is next to the garlic patch
Someone is playing guitar at the baseball game
The ping pong game is next to the cattle dog
The tuba music and the hot dog stand are diagonally adjacent
The lab mix is having a walk at the farm
The hockey game is at the beach
Someone heard a dog playing flute at the trail
The tennis game is at the snow
Someone heard a dog playing piano at the snow
The broccoli patch is at the trail
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Football at the Farm, Pepper at the Beach, Cabbage at the Lake, Sheltie at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The ping pong game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The hamburger stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “Irises are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 4: “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 6: “The french fries stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 18: “The lab mix is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 19: “The hockey game is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 20: “Someone heard a dog playing flute at the trail” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 21: “The tennis game is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 22: “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 23: “The broccoli patch is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 5: “The pepper patch and the donut stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “Someone is playing saxophone at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 8: “The guitar music is next to the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 9: “The pizza stand and the poppy garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 10: “The flute music is next to the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow.
Clue 11: “The ice cream stand is left of the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 12: “The cattle dog and the dahlia garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Beach.
The Beach still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Cosmo goes at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The poppy garden is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Trail; Carrot can't be at the Park.
Clue 9: “The pizza stand and the poppy garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Trail.
Clue 14: “The ice cream stand is next to the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Trail; Garlic can't be at the Park.
The Trail still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Hot Dog goes at the Trail.
The Park still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Turnip goes at the Park.
Clue 11: “The ice cream stand is left of the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Lake.
Clue 15: “Someone is playing guitar at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports; Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Soccer Ball goes at the Trail.
Clue 16: “The ping pong game is next to the cattle dog” 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. Golden Retriever goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Snow.
Clue 12: “The cattle dog and the dahlia garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Poppy goes at the Lake.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Farm.
Clue 9: “The pizza stand and the poppy garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Snow.
Clue 13: “The poppy garden is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Farm.
Clue 17: “The tuba music and the hot dog stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Akita
Cattle Dog
Sheltie
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Lab Mix
Flowers
Iris
Cosmo
Dahlia
Poppy
Chrysanthemum
Zinnia
Instruments
Saxophone
Tuba
Flute
Guitar
Piano
Clarinet
Junk Food
French Fries
Donut
Hot Dog
Pizza
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Sports
Ping Pong
Puck
Soccer Ball
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Football
Vegetables
Turnip
Pepper
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrot
Garlic
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #544
26 clues, 2 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 broccoli patch is between the zinnia garden and the pizza stand
Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden
The donut stand is next to the broccoli patch
The carrot patch is at the park
The broccoli patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location
The dahlia garden is at the park, trail, or snow
A flute could be heard next to the baseball game
The zinnia garden is at the Beach or the Snow
The donut stand is equidistant from the ping pong game and the dahlia garden
The border collie doesn't like hot dog
The cattle dog is playing football
The cabbage patch is at the park, trail, or snow
The saxophone music and the cattle dog are at least 2 locations apart
None of the dogs are playing soccer at the farm
The akita and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance
The garlic patch and the french fries stand are at the same location
The garlic patch is left of the hamburger stand, is left of the golden retriever
The golden retriever and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
The football game and the lab mix are at symmetric positions around the center
The lab mix and the dahlia garden are at the same location
The border collie is farther from the guitar music than from the turnip patch
The golden retriever likes eating pizza
The turnip patch and the ice cream stand have two locations between them
The sheltie is not at the park
The hamburger stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center
The donut stand is equidistant from the dahlia garden and the piano music
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Clarinet at the Park, Hamburger at the Snow.
Clue 4: “The carrot patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 6: “The dahlia garden is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 8: “The zinnia garden is at the Beach or the Snow” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park, Trail, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 12: “The cabbage patch is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 14: “None of the dogs are playing soccer at the farm” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Farm.
Clue 24: “The sheltie is not at the park” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “The donut stand is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Farm.
Clue 5: “The broccoli patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 15: “The akita and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 11: “The cattle dog is playing football” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Beach.
Clue 16: “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 Snow; French Fries can't be at the Park.
Clue 18: “The golden retriever and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach.
Clue 19: “The football game and the lab mix are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Snow; Lab Mix can't be at the Snow.
Clue 11: “The cattle dog is playing football” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Snow.
Clue 20: “The lab mix and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Lake or Farm; Dahlia can't be at the Snow.
Clue 19: “The football game and the lab mix are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 11: “The cattle dog is playing football” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 13: “The saxophone music and the cattle dog are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Snow.
Clue 2: “Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Farm.
Clue 22: “The golden retriever likes eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow; Pizza can't be at the Beach.
Clue 18: “The golden retriever and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Snow.
Clue 23: “The turnip patch and the ice cream stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Beach; Ice Cream can't be at the Lake.
Clue 25: “The hamburger stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 9: “The donut stand is equidistant from the ping pong game and the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake or Farm; Donut can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 17: “The garlic patch is left of the hamburger stand, is left of the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Farm; Golden Retriever must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 11: “The cattle dog is playing football” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 7: “A flute could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Trail.
Clue 13: “The saxophone music and the cattle dog are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 2: “Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 16: “The garlic patch and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Farm.
Clue 18: “The golden retriever and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 19: “The football game and the lab mix are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Park.
Clue 10: “The border collie doesn't like hot dog” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 20: “The lab mix and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 5: “The broccoli patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The donut stand is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Beach.
Clue 22: “The golden retriever likes eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
The Park still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Ice Cream goes at the Park.
Clue 23: “The turnip patch and the ice cream stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
The Farm still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Pepper goes at the Farm.
Clue 5: “The broccoli patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Poppy goes at the Lake.
The Park still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Iris goes at the Park.
Clue 2: “Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 7: “A flute could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “The garlic patch and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Lake.
Clue 1: “The broccoli patch is between the zinnia garden and the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers; Broccoli must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Snow.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The donut stand is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 16: “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 Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The donut stand is equidistant from the ping pong game and the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 7: “A flute could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Farm.
Clue 21: “The border collie is farther from the guitar music than from the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 26: “The donut stand is equidistant from the dahlia garden and the piano music” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Trail.
Clue 7: “A flute could be heard next to the baseball game” 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. Soccer Ball goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.