The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from August 1, with every clue written out, a step-by-step walkthrough, and the final answer.
Each puzzle is a row of locations (Park, Beach, Trail, and so on). Every location holds exactly one item from each category, and the clues tell you how the items relate. Try a puzzle in the game first and open the walkthrough if you get stuck; solutions stay hidden until you click. The longest walkthrough on this date is the 6x6 Hard puzzle, at 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
Instruments
Trumpet
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Sports
Tennis Ball
Clues
The donut stand is next to the baseball game
The border collie and the guitar music are not at the same location
The akita is playing hockey
The golden retriever is next to the hamburger stand
The tuba could not be heard at the tennis game
Someone is playing guitar at the baseball game
The baseball game is at the trail
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Tennis Ball at the Lake, Ice Cream at the Trail, Hot Dog at the Lake, Trumpet at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The baseball game is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 1: “The donut stand is next to the baseball game” 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. Hamburger goes at the Park.
Clue 3: “The akita is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Trail or Lake.
Clue 4: “The golden retriever is next to the hamburger stand” 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. Akita goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 3: “The akita is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck 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 Beach.
Clue 5: “The tuba could not be heard at the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Lake.
Clue 6: “Someone is playing guitar at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Lake.
Clue 2: “The border collie and the guitar music are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Instruments
Tuba
Trumpet
Guitar
Clarinet
Junk Food
Hamburger
Donut
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Baseball
Tennis Ball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1700
9 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 15 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 58% 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
Tuba
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Sports
Clues
The baseball game is next to the hot dog stand
The tuba music is next to the ice cream stand
The border collie is playing baseball
The guitar music is at the park or the trail
The hockey game is at the lake
The akita is not at an edge
A clarinet could be heard next to the tennis game
The cattle dog is at the park or the trail
Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the lake
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Tuba at the Park, Hamburger at the Lake, Hot Dog at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The guitar music is at the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 5: “The hockey game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 6: “The akita is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 8: “The cattle dog is at the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 9: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the lake” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The baseball game is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The tuba music is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream 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 Park.
Clue 3: “The border collie is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Lake.
Clue 7: “A clarinet could be heard next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Akita
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Tuba
Trumpet
Guitar
Clarinet
Junk Food
Donut
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Sports
Ping Pong
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Puck
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1700
23 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 45 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 66% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The piano was not being played at the hot dog stand
The hockey game and the turnip patch are diagonally adjacent
The dahlia garden and the akita are not at the same location
Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the chrysanthemum garden
The hamburger stand is next to the football game
Tuba music is coming from the chrysanthemum garden
The iris garden and the cabbage patch are at the same location
Guitar music is coming from the poppy garden
The border collie is playing baseball
The hot dog stand is left of the cattle dog
The border collie plays the guitar
The turnip patch and the ping pong game are at the same location
The carrot patch and the french fries stand are at the same location
Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the dahlia garden
The soccer game and the broccoli patch are at the same location
The iris garden is next to the pepper patch
Dahlias are growing at the trail
Cosmos are growing at the beach
The cabbage patch is at the lake
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Football at the Snow, Cattle Dog at the Snow, Ice Cream at the Beach, Pizza at the Farm.
Clue 1: “The hockey game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 2: “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 21: “Dahlias are growing at the trail” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 22: “Cosmos are growing at the beach” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 23: “The cabbage patch is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever likes eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The piano music is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The hockey game and the turnip patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 7: “The dahlia garden and the akita are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Trail.
Clue 8: “Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Park.
Clue 9: “The hamburger stand is next to the football game” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 10: “Tuba music is coming from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 11: “The iris garden and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 4: “The piano music is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 8: “Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Trail.
Clue 10: “Tuba music is coming from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Lake.
Clue 12: “Guitar music is coming from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Beach, Trail, or Lake.
Clue 13: “The border collie is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The hot dog stand is left of the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Snow.
Clue 15: “The border collie plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments; Border Collie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Trail.
Clue 10: “Tuba music is coming from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Farm.
Clue 8: “Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Snow.
Clue 12: “Guitar 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 13: “The border collie is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 16: “The turnip patch and the ping pong game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 17: “The carrot patch and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Farm.
Clue 18: “Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 19: “The soccer game and the broccoli patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports; Broccoli must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Lake.
Clue 17: “The carrot patch and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Trail.
Clue 20: “The iris garden is next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Farm.
Clue 17: “The carrot patch and the french fries stand 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.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog 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 5: “The piano was not being played at the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
The Trail still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Flute goes at the Trail.
Clue 10: “Tuba music is coming from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Snow.
Clue 8: “Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Lab Mix
Golden Retriever
Sheltie
Akita
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Flowers
Chrysanthemum
Cosmo
Dahlia
Iris
Zinnia
Poppy
Instruments
Tuba
Clarinet
Flute
Saxophone
Piano
Guitar
Junk Food
French Fries
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Donut
Pizza
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Soccer Ball
Tennis Ball
Football
Baseball
Vegetables
Carrot
Turnip
Broccoli
Cabbage
Pepper
Garlic
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1700
21 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 poppy garden is equidistant from the border collie and the ping pong game
The chrysanthemum garden and the french fries stand are at symmetric positions around the center
The akita and the broccoli patch are at most 2 locations apart
The broccoli patch and the soccer game are at the same location
The border collie likes to eat broccoli
The hot dog stand is between the saxophone music and the carrot patch
The dahlia garden is between the saxophone music and the garlic patch
The golden retriever likes to eat turnip
The tuba music and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center
The pepper patch is at the farm
The garlic patch and the zinnia garden are at the same location
A piano could be heard next to the baseball game
The akita likes eating french fries
The lab mix is left of the clarinet music
The tuba music is left of the football game, is left of the donut stand
The guitar music is equidistant from the cosmo garden and the ice cream stand
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Akita at the Lake, Ice Cream at the Snow, Cattle Dog at the Snow.
Clue 5: “The saxophone music was not heard at the farm” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “The pepper patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 2: “The clarinet music is left of the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Farm; Sheltie can't be at the Park.
Clue 4: “The tennis game is next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Park, Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 7: “The chrysanthemum garden and the french fries stand are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach.
Clue 8: “The akita and the broccoli patch are at most 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Park.
Clue 9: “The broccoli patch and the soccer game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 10: “The border collie likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park or Farm; Broccoli can't be at the Lake or Snow.
Clue 9: “The broccoli patch and the soccer game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Lake or Snow.
Clue 13: “The golden retriever likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Farm; Turnip can't be at the Lake or Snow.
Clue 3: “The turnip patch is next to the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Farm.
Clue 14: “The tuba music and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “The garlic patch and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Farm.
Clue 18: “The akita likes eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “The chrysanthemum garden and the french fries stand are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 16: “The garlic patch and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Trail.
Clue 19: “The lab mix is left of the clarinet music” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Farm; Clarinet can't be at the Park.
The Farm still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Sheltie goes at the Farm.
Clue 1: “The guitar music is not next to the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Snow.
Clue 6: “The poppy garden is equidistant from the border collie and the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Park, Snow, or Farm; Ping Pong can't be at the Beach, Trail, or Lake.
Clue 11: “The hot dog stand is between the saxophone music and the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 12: “The dahlia garden is between the saxophone music and the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 20: “The tuba music is left of the football game, is left of the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Snow or Farm; Football can't be at the Park, Beach, or Farm; Donut must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 14: “The tuba music and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 21: “The guitar music is equidistant from the cosmo garden and the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers; Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
The Farm still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Iris goes at the Farm.
The Snow still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Zinnia goes at the Snow.
Clue 14: “The tuba 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 16: “The garlic patch and the zinnia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Turnip goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The turnip patch is next to 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 Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park.
Clue 9: “The broccoli patch and the soccer game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 10: “The border collie likes to eat broccoli” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 13: “The golden retriever likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Trail.
Clue 14: “The tuba music and the cabbage patch are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 17: “A piano could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park.
Clue 19: “The lab mix is left of the clarinet music” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 17: “A piano could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 6: “The poppy garden is equidistant from the border collie and the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers; Ping Pong must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Beach.
Clue 12: “The dahlia garden is between the saxophone music and the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 20: “The tuba music is left of the football game, is left of the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Football 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 Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Lake.
Clue 17: “A piano could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.