The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from June 20, 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 51 steps. Difficulty ratings compare each puzzle with every other puzzle of the same size and level, and the hardest daily puzzles so far have their own page. New to these puzzles? Read how to solve logic grid puzzles or the guide to every clue type.
Every location gets exactly one item from each category:
Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Instruments
Tuba
Trumpet
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Sports
Clues
The tennis game is at the park
The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the baseball game
The donut stand is next to the tuba music
The border collie is playing hockey
The golden retriever is playing baseball
The baseball game is at the lake
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Hot Dog at the Beach, Trumpet at the Lake, Tuba at the Beach, Akita at the Beach.
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 6: “The baseball game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 7: “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.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “The donut stand is next to the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The border collie is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports; Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The golden retriever is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Akita
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Guitar
Tuba
Clarinet
Trumpet
Junk Food
Donut
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Sports
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Puck
Baseball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #2473
10 clues, 1 pre-filled square, 16 solving steps.
●●●○○Difficulty 3/5: easier than 43% 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
Trumpet
Junk Food
Sports
Clues
The hamburger stand and the akita have two locations between them
The tennis game is left of the ice cream stand
The donut stand is next to the clarinet music
The hamburger stand is at the lake
The guitar music is next to the ice cream stand
The akita is playing ping pong
The tennis game is next to the border collie
The baseball game and the donut stand are at knight's move distance
The golden retriever likes eating hamburgers
Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Trumpet at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The hamburger stand is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 10: “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 1: “The hamburger stand and the akita have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “The tennis game is left of the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Trail or Lake; Ice Cream can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The akita is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The tennis game is left of the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 5: “The guitar music is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The donut stand is next to the clarinet music” Given what we know so far, Donut 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 next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 8: “The baseball game and the donut stand are at knight's move distance” 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. Puck goes at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The golden retriever likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Tuba
Guitar
Clarinet
Trumpet
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Donut
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Sports
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Puck
Baseball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #2473
23 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 38 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 75% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The french fries stand and the zinnia garden are at the same location
The pepper patch is left of the football game
The football game and the cabbage patch are diagonally adjacent
The carrot patch is left of the ice cream stand
The turnip patch and the hockey game are at the same location
The cabbage patch and the tuba music are at the same location
A flute could be heard next to the football game
The golden retriever is next to the hamburger stand
Zinnias are growing next to the ice cream
The soccer game and the turnip patch are diagonally adjacent
The ping pong game is next to the hot dog stand
The iris garden is left of the saxophone music
The sheltie is next to the chrysanthemum garden
The dahlia garden and the border collie are at the same location
Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game
The turnip patch and the donut stand are at the same location
The football game is at the lake
The golden retriever is having a walk at the lake
The akita is having a walk at the snow
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Chrysanthemum at the Trail, Garlic at the Beach, Poppy at the Lake, Iris at the Snow.
Clue 1: “The lab mix is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 3: “Zinnias are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 4: “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 21: “The football game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 22: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the lake” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 23: “The akita is having a walk at the snow” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 5: “The french fries stand and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 6: “The pepper patch is left of the football game” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 7: “The football game and the cabbage patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Park, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 8: “The carrot patch is left of the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Farm.
Clue 9: “The turnip patch and the hockey game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Park or Lake; Puck can't be at the Beach.
Clue 10: “The cabbage patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 11: “A flute could be heard next to the football game” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 12: “The golden retriever is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 13: “Zinnias are growing next to the ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 8: “The carrot patch is left of the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Carrot 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.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Turnip goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Lake.
Clue 9: “The turnip patch and the hockey game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 10: “The cabbage patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 14: “The soccer game and the turnip patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 15: “The ping pong game is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 16: “The iris garden is left of the saxophone music” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 17: “The sheltie is next to the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 18: “The dahlia garden and the border collie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers; Border Collie 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 Trail.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Beach.
Clue 19: “Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Lake.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail.
Clue 15: “The ping pong game 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.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 20: “The turnip patch and the donut stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Lab Mix
Sheltie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Akita
Border Collie
Flowers
Zinnia
Cosmo
Chrysanthemum
Poppy
Iris
Dahlia
Instruments
Piano
Clarinet
Flute
Guitar
Tuba
Saxophone
Junk Food
French Fries
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Pizza
Hamburger
Donut
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Football
Soccer Ball
Puck
Vegetables
Carrot
Garlic
Pepper
Broccoli
Cabbage
Turnip
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #2473
28 clues, 1 pre-filled square, 51 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 68% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The french fries stand is not next to the flute music
The tennis game is at the park, trail, or snow
The guitar music is left of the baseball game, is left of the sheltie
The donut stand is at the park, trail, or snow
The carrot patch is not at an edge
The zinnia garden and the hockey game are at the same location
The akita and the saxophone music are at most 1 locations apart
The iris garden and the clarinet music are not at the same location
The cattle dog and the iris garden are diagonally adjacent
A flute could be heard next to the ping pong game
Dahlias are growing at the park
The french fries stand is left of the akita, is left of the ping pong game
The iris garden and the cabbage patch are not at the same location
The zinnia garden is next to the cattle dog
The french fries stand is next to the baseball game
The hamburger stand and the broccoli patch have two locations between them
The cattle dog is farther from the football game than from the cabbage patch
The soccer game is equidistant from the chrysanthemum garden and the ice cream stand
Chrysanthemums are growing at the farm
The cattle dog and the chrysanthemum garden are at knight's move distance
The border collie and the carrot patch are at least 3 locations apart
Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park
The lab mix is equidistant from the baseball game and the pizza stand
The carrot patch and the tuba music are at the same location
The garlic patch is at the Snow or the Farm
The cosmo garden is between the football game and the flute music
The golden retriever plays the guitar
The pepper patch and the donut stand are at least 5 locations apart
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Lab Mix at the Trail.
Clue 2: “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 4: “The donut stand is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 5: “The carrot patch is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 11: “Dahlias are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 19: “Chrysanthemums are growing at the farm” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 22: “Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 25: “The garlic patch is at the Snow or the Farm” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Park, Beach, Trail, or Lake.
Clue 6: “The zinnia garden and the hockey game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 20: “The cattle dog and the chrysanthemum garden are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 9: “The cattle dog and the iris garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 14: “The zinnia garden is next to the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 6: “The zinnia garden and the hockey game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 24: “The carrot patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Farm.
Clue 27: “The golden retriever plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park; Guitar can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 28: “The pepper patch and the donut stand are at least 5 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables; Donut must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Clue 16: “The hamburger stand and the broccoli patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach or Trail; Broccoli can't be at the Lake.
Clue 21: “The border collie and the carrot patch are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach.
Clue 24: “The carrot patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Snow.
Clue 3: “The guitar music is left of the baseball game, is left of the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Baseball can't be at the Park, Beach, or Farm; Sheltie can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 7: “The akita and the saxophone music are at most 1 locations apart” 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. Border Collie goes at the Park.
Clue 10: “A flute could be heard next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park.
Clue 21: “The border collie and the carrot patch are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 24: “The carrot patch and the tuba music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 10: “A flute could be heard next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Trail.
Clue 27: “The golden retriever plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 7: “The akita and the saxophone music are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Trail.
Clue 12: “The french fries stand is left of the akita, is left of the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Snow or Farm; Akita must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs; Ping Pong must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Farm.
Clue 10: “A flute could be heard next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The french fries stand is not next to the flute music” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Lake.
Clue 8: “The iris garden and the clarinet music are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 6: “The zinnia garden and the hockey game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 15: “The french fries stand is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food; Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 17: “The cattle dog is farther from the football game than from the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Snow; Cabbage can't be at the Park.
Clue 18: “The soccer game is equidistant from the chrysanthemum garden and the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports; Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
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. Football goes at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The hamburger stand and the broccoli patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Park.
The Park still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Turnip goes at the Park.
Clue 17: “The cattle dog is farther from the football game than from the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The hamburger stand and the broccoli patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 23: “The lab mix is equidistant from the baseball game and the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Farm.
Clue 26: “The cosmo garden is between the football game and the flute music” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.