The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from April 22, 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 63 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
Trumpet
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Sports
Ping Pong
Clues
The baseball game is left of the border collie
The cattle dog and the tuba music are diagonally adjacent
The clarinet music is next to the akita
The akita is next to the hot dog stand
The donut stand is at the lake
The hamburger stand is at the beach
The tennis game is at the beach
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the trail
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Trail, Trumpet at the Beach, Ping Pong at the Park.
Clue 5: “The donut stand is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 6: “The hamburger stand is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Hamburger 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 Park.
Clue 7: “The tennis game is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 8: “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 1: “The baseball game is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports; Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Lake.
Clue 2: “The cattle dog and the tuba music are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “The clarinet music is next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Park.
The Park still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Golden Retriever goes at the Park.
Clue 4: “The akita is next to the hot dog 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. Cattle Dog goes at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The cattle dog and the tuba music are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Akita
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Instruments
Clarinet
Trumpet
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Donut
Sports
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #393
9 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
Border Collie
Instruments
Guitar
Junk Food
Sports
Clues
The akita plays the guitar
The border collie plays the tuba
The tennis game is at the beach or the lake
The baseball game and the ice cream stand are at least 2 locations apart
A trumpet could be heard next to the hockey game
The guitar player is left of the baseball game
The donut stand and the cattle dog have two locations between them
None of the dogs are playing tennis at the lake
The hamburger stand and the ping pong game are at knight's move distance
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Guitar at the Beach, Border Collie at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The tennis game is at the beach or the lake” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 8: “None of the dogs are playing tennis at the lake” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 1: “The akita plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “The border collie plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 5: “A trumpet could be heard next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Park.
Clue 4: “The baseball game and the ice cream stand are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Beach.
Clue 6: “The guitar player is left of 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. Ping Pong goes at the Park.
Clue 4: “The baseball game and the ice cream stand are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “The donut stand and the cattle dog have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food; Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The hamburger stand and the ping pong game are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Akita
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Donut
Sports
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #393
20 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 47 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 77% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The saxophone music and the cabbage patch are at the same location
Zinnias are growing next to the pizza
The cabbage patch and the ping pong game are at the same location
The pepper patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location
The tennis game is next to the dahlia garden
The lab mix likes eating hamburgers
The golden retriever is playing football
The poppy garden and the football game are at the same location
The saxophone music is next to the donut stand
The broccoli patch and the iris garden are at the same location
The dog playing tennis likes to eat hamburgers
The poppy garden is left of the border collie
The dog playing soccer likes to eat french fries
Someone heard a dog playing flute at the park
The garlic patch is at the snow
The ice cream stand is at the snow
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Guitar at the Snow, Carrot at the Lake, Puck at the Farm, Piano at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The cattle dog is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 3: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the farm” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 18: “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 19: “The garlic patch is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Clue 20: “The ice cream stand is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 2: “The akita plays the piano” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The baseball game is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “The saxophone music and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Cabbage must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Lake.
Clue 6: “Zinnias are growing next to the pizza” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Farm.
Clue 7: “The cabbage patch and the ping pong game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 8: “The pepper patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Park; Cosmo can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 10: “The lab mix likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Snow; Hamburger can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 11: “The golden retriever is playing football” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Trail; Football can't be at the Beach.
Clue 12: “The poppy garden and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Beach, Trail, or Farm.
Clue 13: “The saxophone music is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Park, Trail, or Farm.
Clue 14: “The broccoli patch and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 15: “The dog playing tennis likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach or Snow; Hamburger can't be at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The tennis game is next to the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 10: “The lab mix likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Trail.
Clue 16: “The poppy garden is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Snow; Border Collie can't be at the Park.
Clue 12: “The poppy garden and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Snow.
Clue 11: “The golden retriever is playing football” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow.
Clue 17: “The dog playing soccer likes to eat french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Trail or Farm; Soccer Ball can't be at the Snow.
The Snow still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Baseball goes at the Snow.
The Beach still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Soccer Ball goes at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The baseball game is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 8: “The pepper patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 17: “The dog playing soccer likes to eat french fries” 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. Donut goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 6: “Zinnias are growing next to the pizza” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 10: “The lab mix likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Park, which rules out the Park 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.
Clue 11: “The golden retriever is playing football” Given what we know so far, Football 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 Park.
Clue 9: “The tennis game is next to the dahlia garden” 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 Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Poppy goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Trail.
Clue 6: “Zinnias are growing next to the pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Trail.
Clue 14: “The broccoli patch and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Turnip goes at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The poppy garden is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Lab Mix
Akita
Sheltie
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Flowers
Iris
Dahlia
Chrysanthemum
Poppy
Zinnia
Cosmo
Instruments
Flute
Piano
Saxophone
Tuba
Guitar
Clarinet
Junk Food
Hamburger
French Fries
Hot Dog
Donut
Ice Cream
Pizza
Sports
Tennis Ball
Soccer Ball
Ping Pong
Football
Baseball
Puck
Vegetables
Broccoli
Turnip
Cabbage
Carrot
Garlic
Pepper
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #393
22 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 63 solving steps, including 1 that need a “what if” test.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 94% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The poppy garden is left of the football game, is left of the clarinet music
Someone is playing guitar at the football game
The carrot patch and the ice cream stand are at the same location
Dahlias are growing next to the french fries
The golden retriever is between the chrysanthemum garden and the carrot patch
The french fries stand and the dahlia garden are at symmetric positions around the center
The pizza stand and the garlic patch are at the same location
The border collie and the pepper patch are at least 3 locations apart
The hamburger stand is equidistant from the tuba music and the hockey game
The dahlia garden and the akita are at the same location
The piano music is next to the iris garden
The cabbage patch and the saxophone music are at most 1 locations apart
The poppy garden is next to the turnip patch
The hot dog stand and the pepper patch are at symmetric positions around the center
The donut stand is closer to the broccoli patch than to the zinnia garden
The hockey game is at the farm
Someone is playing piano at the ping pong game
The golden retriever likes to eat broccoli
The baseball game is left of the lab mix, is left of the carrot patch
The turnip patch is next to the chrysanthemum garden
The sheltie is between the turnip patch and the hot dog stand
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Turnip at the Beach, Tennis Ball at the Snow.
Clue 17: “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 1: “The cattle dog is left of the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Farm; French Fries can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “Someone is playing guitar at the football game” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 4: “The carrot patch and the ice cream stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The french fries stand and the dahlia garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Farm.
Clue 8: “The pizza stand and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Beach.
Clue 11: “The dahlia garden and the akita are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Farm.
Clue 14: “The poppy garden is next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Beach, Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 15: “The hot dog stand and the pepper patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Snow.
Clue 18: “Someone is playing piano at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 12: “The piano music is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Farm.
Clue 19: “The golden retriever likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach.
Clue 21: “The turnip patch is next to the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach, Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 2: “The poppy garden is left of the football game, is left of the clarinet music” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Park; Clarinet can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 3: “Someone is playing guitar at the football game” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The golden retriever is between the chrysanthemum garden and the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park or Farm; Carrot can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 4: “The carrot patch and the ice cream stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 19: “The golden retriever likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 10: “The hamburger stand is equidistant from the tuba music and the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park, Trail, Snow, or Farm; Hamburger can't be at the Park, Beach, Trail, or Farm.
Clue 20: “The baseball game is left of the lab mix, is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 22: “The sheltie is between the turnip patch and the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Park, Beach, or Farm; Hot Dog can't be at the Park, Beach, or Trail.
The Farm still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Border Collie goes at the Farm.
Clue 9: “The border collie and the pepper patch are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Suppose Chrysanthemum were at the Park. Following the clues from there leads to a contradiction, so Chrysanthemum must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Poppy goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 5: “Dahlias are growing next to the french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Beach.
The Beach still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Donut goes at the Beach.
The Park still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Pizza goes at the Park.
The Trail still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. French Fries goes at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The cattle dog is left of the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 5: “Dahlias are growing next to the french fries” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Snow.
Clue 7: “The french fries stand and the dahlia garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 8: “The pizza stand and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 11: “The dahlia garden and the akita are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
The Park still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Cattle Dog 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 12: “The piano music is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The cabbage patch and the saxophone music are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 15: “The hot dog stand and the pepper patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog 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 Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Farm.
Clue 4: “The carrot patch and the ice cream stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 18: “Someone is playing piano at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Beach.
Clue 19: “The golden retriever likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs; Broccoli must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Trail.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Lake.
Clue 13: “The cabbage patch and the saxophone music are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Farm.
Clue 10: “The hamburger stand is equidistant from the tuba music and the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 3: “Someone is playing guitar at the football game” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Lake.
Clue 12: “The piano music is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 18: “Someone is playing piano at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake.
Clue 16: “The donut stand is closer to the broccoli patch than to the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Snow.
Clue 20: “The baseball game is left of the lab mix, is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
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 Lake.
Clue 3: “Someone is playing guitar at the football game” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 18: “Someone is playing piano at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.