The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from September 8, 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 52 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
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Tennis Ball
Clues
The golden retriever is having a walk at the park
The golden retriever is playing baseball
The border collie plays the trumpet
The akita plays the tuba
The clarinet music is next to the hamburger stand
Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the lake
Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the trail
The hockey game is at the trail
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Beach, Tennis Ball at the Lake, Hot Dog at the Park.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 6: “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 7: “Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the trail” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 8: “The hockey game is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The border collie plays the trumpet” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The akita plays the tuba” 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.
Clue 5: “The clarinet music is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Akita
Border Collie
Instruments
Guitar
Clarinet
Tuba
Trumpet
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Donut
Sports
Baseball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #732
9 clues, 2 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
Junk Food
Sports
Ping Pong
Puck
Clues
The guitar was not being played at the ice cream stand
The trumpet music and the akita have two locations between them
The hockey game is left of the golden retriever
The hot dog stand and the tennis game are at most 1 locations apart
The donut stand is between the ping pong game and the border collie
The ice cream stand is not at an edge
The akita is left of the clarinet music, is left of the baseball game
The ice cream stand and the tuba music have one location between them
The ping pong game is next to the cattle dog
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Trail, Ping Pong at the Park.
Clue 6: “The ice cream stand is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 2: “The trumpet music and the akita have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Beach or Trail; Akita can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 3: “The hockey game is left of the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake 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 2: “The trumpet music and the akita 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.
Clue 8: “The ice cream stand and the tuba music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food; Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “The guitar was not being played at 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 9: “The ping pong game is 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.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Trail.
Clue 5: “The donut stand is between the ping pong game and the border collie” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “The akita is left of the clarinet music, is left of the baseball game” 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. Tennis Ball goes at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The hot dog stand and the tennis game are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog 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
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 #732
23 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 41 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 55% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The hot dog stand and the cosmo garden are at the same location
The french fries stand is catty-corner to the ping pong game
The border collie plays the saxophone
The baseball game is next to the donut stand
Someone is playing clarinet at the tennis game
One dog is playing tuba and eating french fries
The dahlia garden is next to the golden retriever
The poppy garden and the football game are at the same location
The hamburger stand is next to the garlic patch
The hamburger stand is catty-corner to the baseball game
The donut stand is catty-corner to the soccer game
The cabbage patch and the piano music are at the same location
The iris garden and the border collie are not at the same location
Zinnias are growing at the beach
Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the trail
The ice cream stand is at the farm
The turnip patch is at the lake
The hamburger stand is at the beach
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Flute at the Beach, Broccoli at the Beach, Lab Mix at the Beach.
Clue 1: “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 pepper patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 3: “The sheltie is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “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 5: “The hot dog stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 19: “Zinnias are growing at the beach” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 20: “Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the trail” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 21: “The ice cream stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 22: “The turnip patch is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Clue 23: “The hamburger stand is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 6: “The hot dog stand and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 7: “The french fries stand is catty-corner to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park.
Clue 8: “The border collie plays the saxophone” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 9: “The baseball game is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Park.
Clue 10: “Someone is playing clarinet at the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 11: “One dog is playing tuba and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Trail; Tuba can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 7: “The french fries stand is catty-corner to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The poppy garden and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Park, Beach, or Farm.
Clue 14: “The hamburger stand is next to the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 15: “The hamburger stand is catty-corner to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 9: “The baseball game is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Donut 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 Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Trail.
Clue 7: “The french fries stand is catty-corner to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Snow.
Clue 11: “One dog is playing tuba and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 10: “Someone is playing clarinet at the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Snow.
Clue 13: “The poppy garden and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Trail.
Clue 16: “The donut stand is catty-corner to 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. Football goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm 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.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Beach.
Clue 10: “Someone is playing clarinet at the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 13: “The poppy garden and the football game 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.
Clue 12: “The dahlia garden is next to the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Snow.
Clue 17: “The cabbage patch and the piano music 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; Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Lake.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Snow.
Clue 18: “The iris garden and the border collie 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.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Lab Mix
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Akita
Sheltie
Flowers
Cosmo
Zinnia
Dahlia
Poppy
Iris
Chrysanthemum
Instruments
Clarinet
Flute
Saxophone
Guitar
Tuba
Piano
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Pizza
Donut
French Fries
Ice Cream
Sports
Tennis Ball
Puck
Baseball
Football
Soccer Ball
Ping Pong
Vegetables
Pepper
Broccoli
Garlic
Turnip
Carrot
Cabbage
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #732
25 clues, 1 pre-filled square, 52 solving steps.
●●○○○Difficulty 2/5: easier than 62% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The hockey game and the cosmo garden are at least 5 locations apart
The hockey game and the french fries stand are at knight's move distance
The hockey game is next to the turnip patch
The cattle dog likes eating pizza
The tuba music and the cabbage patch are not at the same location
Clarinet music is coming from the poppy garden
The tuba music is at the park, trail, or snow
The sheltie is having a walk at the park
The lab mix is at the Lake or the Park
Saxophone music is coming from the dahlia garden
The golden retriever is equidistant from the clarinet music and the tennis game
The flute music is next to the hot dog stand
The soccer game and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game
The french fries stand is left of the broccoli patch
Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the park
The pepper patch is at the farm
The donut stand is next to the tennis game
The garlic patch is between the soccer game and the cattle dog
The border collie and the ice cream stand have two locations between them
The cosmo garden and the baseball game are at the same location
The chrysanthemum garden is equidistant from the clarinet music and the hot dog stand
The iris garden and the tennis game have two locations between them
The hot dog stand and the garlic patch are not at the same location
Someone is playing piano at the baseball game
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Football at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The tuba music is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 8: “The sheltie is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 9: “The lab mix is at the Lake or the Park” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 16: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the park” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 17: “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 1: “The hockey game and the cosmo garden are at least 5 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow; Cosmo can't be at the Beach, Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 2: “The hockey game and the french fries stand are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Park, Beach, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 3: “The hockey game is next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Park, Trail, or Lake.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog likes eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 6: “Clarinet music is coming from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 1: “The hockey game and the cosmo garden are at least 5 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The hockey game and the french fries stand are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “The hockey game is next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog likes eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Trail.
Clue 10: “Saxophone music is coming from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Farm.
Clue 13: “The soccer game and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Farm; Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach.
Clue 15: “The french fries stand is left of the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 18: “The donut stand is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Park.
Clue 20: “The border collie and the ice cream stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Farm; Ice Cream can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 21: “The cosmo garden and the baseball game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 23: “The iris garden and the tennis game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers; Tennis Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 10: “Saxophone music is coming from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The soccer game and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Snow.
Clue 18: “The donut stand is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Beach or Snow.
Clue 25: “Someone is playing piano at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 11: “The golden retriever is equidistant from the clarinet music and the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 20: “The border collie and the ice cream stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Farm.
Clue 19: “The garlic patch is between the soccer game and the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Park.
Clue 22: “The chrysanthemum garden is equidistant from the clarinet music and the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers; Hot Dog must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park.
Clue 4: “The cattle dog likes eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 10: “Saxophone music is coming from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Trail.
Clue 12: “The flute music is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The tuba music and the cabbage patch are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Trail.
Clue 10: “Saxophone music is coming from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Lake.
Clue 13: “The soccer game and the chrysanthemum garden 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.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Lake.
Clue 20: “The border collie and the ice cream stand have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Beach.
Clue 24: “The hot dog stand and the garlic patch are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Snow.
Clue 19: “The garlic patch is between the soccer game and the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.