The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from April 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 53 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
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Junk Food
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Sports
Clues
The hockey game is next to the ice cream stand
The guitar music is next to the akita
The dog playing tennis likes to eat donuts
The clarinet player is left of the ice cream stand
Someone is playing tuba at the ping pong game
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the trail
Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the park
The border collie is having a walk at the park
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Trail, Hamburger at the Beach, Golden Retriever at the Beach.
Clue 6: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the trail” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 7: “Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the park” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 8: “The border collie is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The hockey game is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 2: “The guitar 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 Trail.
Clue 3: “The dog playing tennis likes to eat donuts” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 4: “The clarinet player is left of the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Lake.
Clue 5: “Someone is playing tuba at the ping pong game” 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. Puck goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The dog playing tennis likes to eat donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Show the final answer
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Akita
Instruments
Trumpet
Clarinet
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Sports
Tennis Ball
Puck
Baseball
Ping Pong
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #538
7 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 17 solving steps.
●●●○○Difficulty 3/5: harder than 57% 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
Hot Dog
Sports
Puck
Clues
The tennis game is at the park
The akita plays the trumpet
The golden retriever and the hamburger stand have two locations between them
One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts
The ice cream stand is left of the guitar player
The border collie and the donut stand are at knight's move distance
The cattle dog is next to the baseball game
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Lake, Clarinet at the Beach, Hot Dog at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The tennis game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The akita plays the trumpet” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever and the hamburger stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach or Trail; Hamburger can't be at the Beach.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Beach; Guitar can't be at the Trail.
The Beach still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Ice Cream goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The ice cream stand is left of the guitar player” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 2: “The akita plays the trumpet” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Lake.
Clue 4: “One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever and the hamburger stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 6: “The border collie and the donut stand are at knight's move distance” 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 Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 2: “The akita plays the trumpet” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Trail.
Clue 7: “The cattle dog is 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.
Show the final answer
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Trumpet
Clarinet
Tuba
Guitar
Junk Food
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Donut
Sports
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Baseball
Puck
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #538
25 clues, 3 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 ping pong game and the turnip patch are at the same location
The ice cream stand is at the park
The hockey game and the carrot patch are diagonally adjacent
Tuba music is coming from the dahlia garden
The guitar music is left of the carrot patch
The zinnia garden is next to the carrot patch
The saxophone music is next to the french fries stand
The clarinet music is next to the dahlia garden
The cabbage patch is next to the baseball game
The akita is next to the poppy garden
The border collie is next to the zinnia garden
The tennis game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent
The cabbage patch is left of the sheltie
The zinnia garden and the pizza stand are not at the same location
The golden retriever is next to the dahlia garden
Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden
The hot dog stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
The dahlia garden and the soccer game are not at the same location
The broccoli patch and the soccer game are at the same location
The pepper patch is at the trail
Someone heard a dog playing flute at the trail
The cattle dog is having a walk at the trail
Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the beach
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Donut at the Beach, Turnip at the Park, Piano at the Farm.
Clue 4: “The ice cream stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 22: “The pepper patch is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 23: “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 24: “The cattle dog is having a walk at the trail” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 25: “Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the beach” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “One dog is playing piano and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 2: “Piano 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.
Clue 3: “The ping pong game and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 5: “The hockey game and the carrot patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach.
Clue 6: “Tuba music is coming from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 9: “The saxophone music is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 10: “The clarinet music is next to the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The guitar music is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 5: “The hockey game and the carrot patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Trail.
Clue 8: “The zinnia garden is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 11: “The cabbage patch is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 12: “The akita is next to the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 13: “The border collie is next to the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park or Beach; Zinnia must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 8: “The zinnia garden is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 5: “The hockey game and the carrot patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 14: “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 15: “The cabbage patch is left of the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 16: “The zinnia garden and the pizza stand are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Snow.
Clue 17: “The golden retriever is next to the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
The Beach still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Lab Mix goes at the Beach.
Clue 18: “Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 19: “The hot dog stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food; Chrysanthemum 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.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Snow.
Clue 20: “The dahlia garden and the soccer game are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Beach.
The Beach still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Football goes at the Beach.
Clue 21: “The broccoli patch and the soccer game 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; Soccer Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 14: “The tennis game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Farm.
Clue 11: “The cabbage patch is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Beach.
Clue 15: “The cabbage patch is left of the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Show the final answer
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Lab Mix
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Akita
Sheltie
Flowers
Cosmo
Dahlia
Chrysanthemum
Iris
Zinnia
Poppy
Instruments
Clarinet
Tuba
Flute
Guitar
Saxophone
Piano
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Donut
Hot Dog
Pizza
Hamburger
French Fries
Sports
Ping Pong
Football
Tennis Ball
Soccer Ball
Puck
Baseball
Vegetables
Turnip
Garlic
Pepper
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrot
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #538
25 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 53 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 57% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The sheltie is closer to the cosmo garden than to the tennis game
The piano music is not next to the border collie
The hockey game and the pepper patch are at symmetric positions around the center
The guitar player is left of the french fries stand
The garlic patch and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
The broccoli patch and the baseball game are at symmetric positions around the center
The football game is at the beach, lake, or farm
The soccer game and the poppy garden are at least 2 locations apart
The lab mix and the piano music are at most 1 locations apart
The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream
The flute music is equidistant from the lab mix and the hockey game
The hockey game is not next to the flute music
The turnip patch is next to the french fries stand
The clarinet music is not at an edge
The golden retriever and the zinnia garden are at the same location
Guitar could be heard catty-corner from the zinnia garden
The garlic patch is left of the guitar music, is left of the cattle dog
The dog playing baseball likes to eat hot dogs
The akita is next to the hamburger stand
The hamburger stand is left of the cabbage patch
Cosmos are growing at the park
The pepper patch and the ping pong game have one location between them
The pizza stand is next to the garlic patch
The ice cream stand and the zinnia garden are at the same location
Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the park
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Hot Dog at the Park, Zinnia at the Lake, Iris at the Farm.
Clue 7: “The football game is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 14: “The clarinet music is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 21: “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 25: “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 4: “The guitar player is left of the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Farm; French Fries can't be at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The garlic patch and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Park, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 10: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park.
Clue 13: “The turnip patch is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Park.
Clue 15: “The golden retriever and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 16: “Guitar could be heard catty-corner from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 4: “The guitar player is left of the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Trail.
Clue 13: “The turnip patch is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Beach.
Clue 18: “The dog playing baseball likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 3: “The hockey game and the pepper patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Farm.
Clue 6: “The broccoli patch and the baseball game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 20: “The hamburger stand is left of the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Snow or Farm; Cabbage can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 19: “The akita is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Farm.
Clue 23: “The pizza stand is next to the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Snow.
Clue 24: “The ice cream stand and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 10: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 3: “The hockey game and the pepper patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Trail.
Clue 13: “The turnip patch is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Trail.
Clue 19: “The akita is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Snow.
Clue 22: “The pepper patch and the ping pong game have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
The Park still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Carrot goes at the Park.
Clue 3: “The hockey game and the pepper patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 5: “The garlic patch and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach.
Clue 12: “The hockey game is not next to the flute music” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 23: “The pizza stand is next to the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The sheltie is closer to the cosmo garden than to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 11: “The flute music is equidistant from the lab mix and the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs; 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 Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 4: “The guitar player is left of the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Snow.
Clue 9: “The lab mix and the piano music are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach 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. Saxophone goes at the Farm.
Clue 2: “The piano music is not next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Trail.
Clue 13: “The turnip patch is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow 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. Cabbage goes at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The garlic patch and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 19: “The akita is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The sheltie is closer to the cosmo garden than to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Soccer Ball goes at the Trail.
Clue 8: “The soccer game and the poppy garden are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Beach.
Clue 17: “The garlic patch is left of the guitar music, is left of the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.