The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from August 29, 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 Easy puzzle, at 47 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
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Instruments
Clarinet
Junk Food
Sports
Clues
The golden retriever is playing hockey
The donut stand is at the park
The tennis game is at the park
The clarinet music is next to the hot dog stand
The dog playing baseball likes to eat ice cream
The tuba music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent
Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the lake
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Cattle Dog at the Park, Border Collie at the Lake, Clarinet at the Beach, Golden Retriever at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The donut stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “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 7: “Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the lake” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 4: “The clarinet music 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 5: “The dog playing baseball likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake 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. Hamburger goes at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The tuba music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent” 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
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Akita
Border Collie
Instruments
Guitar
Clarinet
Tuba
Trumpet
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Tennis Ball
Puck
Ping Pong
Baseball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #2064
10 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 20 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 89% 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
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Sports
Ping Pong
Clues
The cattle dog is not at an edge
The akita is not playing baseball
The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs
The guitar music and the akita are not at the same location
The guitar music is at the beach or the lake
A tuba could be heard next to the baseball game
The hockey game and the trumpet music have two locations between them
The hockey game is left of the donut stand
The border collie and the baseball game have two locations between them
The donut stand is not at an edge
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Park, Ping Pong at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The cattle dog is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 5: “The guitar music is at the beach or the lake” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 10: “The donut stand is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs” 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. Donut goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Lake.
Clue 6: “A tuba could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The hockey game and the trumpet music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach; Trumpet can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 8: “The hockey game is left of the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 6: “A tuba could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The hockey game and the trumpet music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 4: “The guitar music and the akita are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Beach.
Clue 9: “The border collie and the baseball game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs; Baseball 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 Beach.
Clue 2: “The akita is not playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Lake.
Clue 6: “A tuba could be heard next to the baseball game” 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
Dogs
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Akita
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Tuba
Trumpet
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Donut
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Sports
Puck
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Baseball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #2064
22 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 pizza stand and the pepper patch are at the same location
The hamburger stand and the cabbage patch are at the same location
The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the soccer game
Someone is playing tuba at the football game
The iris garden is next to the ping pong game
The tuba music is next to the cosmo garden
Flute music is coming from the chrysanthemum garden
The clarinet player is left of the soccer game
The carrot patch and the iris garden are at the same location
The garlic patch is next to the hamburger stand
The golden retriever and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
The french fries stand and the iris garden are at the same location
The chrysanthemum garden is next to the cattle dog
The lab mix likes to eat carrot
The carrot patch and the piano music are not at the same location
Poppies are growing at the lake
The hamburger stand is at the farm
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Saxophone at the Farm, Border Collie at the Park, Guitar at the Snow, Dahlia at the Park.
Clue 1: “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 2: “The ice cream stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “The akita is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The turnip patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 21: “Poppies are growing at the lake” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 22: “The hamburger stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 5: “The dog playing baseball likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 6: “The pizza stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Farm.
Clue 7: “The hamburger stand and the cabbage patch 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.
Clue 9: “Someone is playing tuba at the football game” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park; Football can't be at the Snow.
Clue 11: “The tuba music is next to the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Farm.
Clue 12: “Flute music is coming from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Park or Lake; Chrysanthemum can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 14: “The carrot patch and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Lake; Iris can't be at the Farm.
The Farm still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Zinnia goes at the Farm.
Clue 10: “The iris garden is next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Snow.
Clue 15: “The garlic patch is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Clue 6: “The pizza stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Snow.
Clue 14: “The carrot patch and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Snow.
The Snow still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Cosmo goes at the Snow.
Clue 11: “The tuba music is next to the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 9: “Someone is playing tuba at the football game” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 8: “The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Snow.
Clue 16: “The golden retriever and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Lake or Snow.
Clue 17: “The french fries stand and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Lake or Snow.
The Snow still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Donut goes at the Snow.
Clue 18: “The chrysanthemum garden is next to the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Snow.
Clue 19: “The lab mix likes to eat carrot” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Lake or Snow.
The Snow still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Sheltie goes at the Snow.
The Lake still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Cattle Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 18: “The chrysanthemum garden is next to the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Beach.
Clue 10: “The iris garden is next to the ping pong game” 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 hot dog stand is catty-corner to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Beach.
Clue 12: “Flute music is coming from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 14: “The carrot patch and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 6: “The pizza stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Beach.
The Beach still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. French Fries goes at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The golden retriever and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” 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 Beach.
Clue 20: “The carrot patch and the piano music are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Piano 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 13: “The clarinet player is left of the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball 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 Beach.
Clue 8: “The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the soccer game” 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. Pizza goes at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The pizza stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Border Collie
Lab Mix
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Sheltie
Akita
Flowers
Dahlia
Iris
Chrysanthemum
Poppy
Cosmo
Zinnia
Instruments
Piano
Clarinet
Flute
Tuba
Guitar
Saxophone
Junk Food
Ice Cream
French Fries
Pizza
Hot Dog
Donut
Hamburger
Sports
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
Football
Soccer Ball
Puck
Vegetables
Turnip
Carrot
Pepper
Broccoli
Garlic
Cabbage
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #2064
20 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 39 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 99% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The chrysanthemum garden is left of the donut stand, is left of the carrot patch
The poppy garden is between the hockey game and the pepper patch
The pizza stand is left of the cosmo garden
The sheltie doesn't like hot dog
The turnip patch is left of the golden retriever, is left of the piano music
The french fries stand is at the park
The cattle dog and the saxophone music are at knight's move distance
The tuba music is next to the zinnia garden
The akita is next to the pepper patch
The border collie is playing baseball
The hockey game and the garlic patch are at most 1 locations apart
The iris garden is not next to the ice cream stand
The garlic patch and the football game are at the same location
The hockey game is next to the pizza stand
The hamburger stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center
The hamburger stand is equidistant from the golden retriever and the guitar music
The chrysanthemum garden and the cabbage patch are at the same location
The soccer game is at the beach, lake, or farm
The iris garden and the clarinet music have one location between them
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Flute at the Lake, Border Collie at the Farm, Puck at the Park, Turnip at the Lake.
Clue 1: “The chrysanthemum is not at the park” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “The french fries stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 19: “The soccer game is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 4: “The pizza stand is left of the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Farm; Cosmo can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 11: “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 12: “The hockey game and the garlic patch are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Trail, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 14: “The garlic patch and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables; Football must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Soccer Ball goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 10: “The akita is next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 15: “The hockey game 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.
Clue 16: “The hamburger stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food; Tennis Ball 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 Snow.
Clue 18: “The chrysanthemum garden and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach or Lake; Cabbage can't be at the Park.
Clue 20: “The iris garden and the clarinet music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 2: “The chrysanthemum garden is left of the donut stand, is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers; Donut must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food; Carrot must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 10: “The akita is next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Snow.
Clue 18: “The chrysanthemum garden and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 20: “The iris garden and the clarinet music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 3: “The poppy garden is between the hockey game and the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Park, Snow, or Farm; Pepper must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Park.
Clue 10: “The akita is next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 8: “The cattle dog and the saxophone music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Snow.
Clue 6: “The turnip patch is left of the golden retriever, is left of the piano music” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs; Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 9: “The tuba music is next to the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Snow.
Clue 17: “The hamburger stand is equidistant from the golden retriever and the guitar music” 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. Clarinet goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Snow.
Clue 8: “The cattle dog and the saxophone music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 9: “The tuba music is next to the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 20: “The iris garden and the clarinet music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Poppy goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Park.
Clue 13: “The iris garden is not next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream 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 5: “The sheltie doesn't like hot dog” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.