The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from April 24, 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 69 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
Border Collie
Instruments
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Donut
Sports
Puck
Clues
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park
The golden retriever is playing ping pong
A clarinet could be heard next to the hockey game
The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the tennis game
One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers
The cattle dog is having a walk at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Park, Donut at the Beach, Border Collie at the Beach, Puck at the Lake.
Clue 1: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 6: “The cattle dog is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Ping Pong must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Lake.
Clue 3: “A clarinet could be heard next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 4: “The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Park.
Clue 5: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food; Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Akita
Instruments
Guitar
Trumpet
Clarinet
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Donut
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Sports
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Puck
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #395
9 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
Akita
Instruments
Tuba
Junk Food
Sports
Tennis Ball
Clues
The golden retriever likes eating hot dogs
The hamburger stand is not next to the golden retriever
The hockey game is left of the trumpet music, is left of the hamburger stand
The trumpet music is at the park or the trail
The hockey game and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance
The akita plays the guitar
The guitar music and the border collie are at most 2 locations apart
The tuba music and the ping pong game are at least 2 locations apart
The ice cream stand is not next to the cattle dog
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Tuba at the Lake, Akita at the Park, Tennis Ball at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The trumpet music is at the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The akita plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The hockey game and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 7: “The guitar music and the border collie are at most 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Lake.
Clue 8: “The tuba music and the ping pong game are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The hockey game is left of the trumpet music, is left of the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Cattle Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 2: “The hamburger stand is not next to the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 9: “The ice cream stand is not next to the cattle dog” 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
Akita
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Guitar
Clarinet
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Donut
Hamburger
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Baseball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #395
21 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 37 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 81% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The tennis game and the pepper patch are at the same location
The carrot patch and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
The guitar music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent
The lab mix likes to eat cabbage
The golden retriever likes to eat turnip
The border collie and the dahlia garden are at the same location
The cabbage patch and the ping pong game are at the same location
The poppy garden and the garlic patch are at the same location
Tuba could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden
Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the park
The soccer game is at the trail
The hockey game is at the snow
The sheltie is having a walk at the snow
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Cosmo at the Park, Hamburger at the Park, Akita at the Lake, Ice Cream at the Snow.
Clue 1: “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 2: “The donut stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 18: “Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the park” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 19: “The soccer game is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 20: “The hockey game is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 21: “The sheltie is having a walk at the snow” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 3: “One dog is playing piano and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 4: “The pizza stand is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Farm.
Clue 5: “The clarinet music is next to the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 6: “The tennis game is left of the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Hot Dog can't be at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The cattle dog is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 8: “The golden retriever is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Farm.
Clue 9: “The tennis game and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 10: “The carrot patch and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Park; Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 11: “The guitar music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 12: “The lab mix likes to eat cabbage” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Lake or Snow; Lab Mix can't be at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The golden retriever likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach; Turnip can't be at the Lake or Snow.
Clue 8: “The golden retriever is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Trail.
Clue 14: “The border collie and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park; Dahlia can't be at the Lake or Snow.
Clue 15: “The cabbage patch and the ping pong game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables; Ping Pong must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Lake.
Clue 12: “The lab mix likes to eat cabbage” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
The Park still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Golden Retriever goes at the Park.
Clue 8: “The golden retriever 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 13: “The golden retriever likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 14: “The border collie and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Dahlia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The cattle dog is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “The pizza stand is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Lake.
Clue 10: “The carrot patch and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables; Chrysanthemum must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 4: “The pizza stand is next to the carrot patch” 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. French Fries goes at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The poppy garden and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers; Garlic must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Farm.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Trail.
Clue 17: “Tuba could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Akita
Sheltie
Lab Mix
Flowers
Cosmo
Iris
Dahlia
Poppy
Chrysanthemum
Zinnia
Instruments
Saxophone
Clarinet
Tuba
Guitar
Flute
Piano
Junk Food
Hamburger
French Fries
Hot Dog
Pizza
Ice Cream
Donut
Sports
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Soccer Ball
Football
Puck
Ping Pong
Vegetables
Turnip
Pepper
Broccoli
Garlic
Carrot
Cabbage
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #395
24 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 69 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 97% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The zinnia garden and the hockey game have two locations between them
The border collie likes to eat pepper
The baseball game and the akita have one location between them
The cosmo garden is at the park, trail, or snow
The dahlia garden and the akita are at the same location
The baseball game is left of the chrysanthemum garden, is left of the guitar music
Dahlias are growing next to the hot dogs
The border collie plays the piano
The clarinet music is left of the baseball game, is left of the carrot patch
Someone is playing saxophone at the baseball game
One dog is playing flute and eating ice cream
The saxophone music and the pizza stand are diagonally adjacent
The golden retriever is not playing football
The sheltie is equidistant from the pizza stand and the iris garden
The flute music is left of the ping pong game, is left of the carrot patch
Saxophone could be heard next to the cattle dog
The guitar music and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center
The pizza stand is equidistant from the poppy garden and the golden retriever
The turnip patch and the hockey game are not at the same location
The cosmo garden is next to the border collie
The soccer game and the sheltie have two locations between them
The dog playing hockey likes to eat french fries
The tennis game is at the park, trail, or snow
The garlic patch is at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Carrot at the Farm, Donut at the Farm.
Clue 4: “The cosmo garden is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 23: “The tennis game is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 24: “The garlic patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 2: “The border collie likes to eat pepper” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 8: “The border collie plays the piano” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 11: “One dog is playing flute and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Farm.
Clue 17: “The guitar music and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 20: “The cosmo garden is next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 2: “The border collie likes to eat pepper” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 8: “The border collie plays the piano” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 22: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat french fries” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Farm.
Clue 1: “The zinnia garden and the hockey game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The baseball game is left of the chrysanthemum garden, is left of the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm; Chrysanthemum can't be at the Park, Snow, or Farm; Guitar can't be at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The baseball game and the akita have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 5: “The dahlia garden and the akita are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 7: “Dahlias are growing next to the hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 10: “Someone is playing saxophone at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 12: “The saxophone music and the pizza stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Snow.
Clue 16: “Saxophone could be heard next to the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 17: “The guitar music and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Snow.
Clue 9: “The clarinet music is left of the baseball game, is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Trail, Lake, Snow, or Farm; Baseball can't be at the Park.
The Farm still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Tuba goes at the Farm.
Clue 3: “The baseball game and the akita have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Trail.
Clue 5: “The dahlia garden and the akita are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Trail.
Clue 10: “Someone is playing saxophone at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The baseball game is left of the chrysanthemum garden, is left of the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach; Guitar can't be at the Trail.
Clue 17: “The guitar music and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Lake.
Clue 14: “The sheltie is equidistant from the pizza stand and the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 21: “The soccer game and the sheltie have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 15: “The flute music is left of the ping pong game, is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Snow; Ping Pong can't be at the Park or Farm.
The Snow still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Guitar goes at the Snow.
Clue 11: “One dog is playing flute and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Snow.
Clue 17: “The guitar music and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 2: “The border collie likes to eat pepper” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 3: “The baseball game and the akita have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 1: “The zinnia garden and the hockey game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Farm.
Clue 5: “The dahlia garden and the akita are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Lake.
Clue 7: “Dahlias are growing next to the hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 8: “The border collie plays the piano” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 10: “Someone is playing saxophone at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 11: “One dog is playing flute and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 12: “The saxophone music and the pizza stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 16: “Saxophone could be heard 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.
Clue 20: “The cosmo garden is next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park.
Clue 21: “The soccer game and the sheltie have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 22: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Trail.
The Trail still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Hamburger goes at the Trail.
The Snow still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. French Fries goes at the Snow.
The Park still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Ice Cream goes at the Park.
Clue 11: “One dog is playing flute and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Beach.
Clue 22: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat french fries” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 1: “The zinnia garden and the hockey game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 19: “The turnip patch and the hockey game are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Snow.
Clue 6: “The baseball game is left of the chrysanthemum garden, is left of the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 14: “The sheltie is equidistant from the pizza stand and the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food; Sheltie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs; Iris must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
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. Hot Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The dahlia garden and the akita are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 21: “The soccer game and the sheltie have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Farm.
Clue 13: “The golden retriever is not playing football” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Farm.
Clue 18: “The pizza stand is equidistant from the poppy garden and the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.