The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from September 10, 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 64 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
Clarinet
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Hamburger
Sports
Clues
The border collie is playing baseball
The cattle dog is playing tennis
The akita likes eating ice cream
The donut stand is catty-corner to the baseball game
The hockey game is at the beach
The border collie is having a walk at the lake
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Guitar at the Trail, Hamburger at the Beach, Tuba at the Lake, Clarinet at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Park.
Clue 5: “The hockey game is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 6: “The border collie is having a walk at the lake” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The border collie is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The cattle dog is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Beach.
Clue 3: “The akita likes eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Lake; Akita can't be at the Beach.
The Beach still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Golden Retriever goes at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The donut stand is catty-corner to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The akita likes eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The cattle dog is playing tennis” 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
Akita
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Instruments
Trumpet
Clarinet
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Donut
Hot Dog
Sports
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball
Baseball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1815
9 clues, 1 pre-filled square, 23 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 99% 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
Sports
Clues
The guitar music and the border collie are at most 1 locations apart
The ping pong game is at the beach or the lake
The cattle dog plays the guitar
The golden retriever is between the hockey game and the ice cream stand
The golden retriever plays the clarinet
The border collie is equidistant from the clarinet music and the baseball game
The hamburger stand and the baseball game are at least 3 locations apart
The tennis game is equidistant from the hot dog stand and the guitar music
The donut stand is between the golden retriever and the baseball game
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Tuba at the Park.
Clue 2: “The ping pong game is at the beach or the lake” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 3: “The cattle dog plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “The golden retriever plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “The hamburger stand and the baseball game are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach or Trail; Baseball can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 4: “The golden retriever is between the hockey game and the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The golden retriever plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Lake.
Clue 6: “The border collie is equidistant from the clarinet music and the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park or Lake.
The Park still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Akita goes at the Park.
The Lake still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Cattle Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The cattle dog plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “The guitar music and the border collie are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The golden retriever plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The golden retriever is between the hockey game and the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach; Ice Cream can't be at the Beach.
Clue 6: “The border collie is equidistant from the clarinet music and 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. Ping Pong goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 7: “The hamburger stand and the baseball game are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 4: “The golden retriever is between the hockey game and the ice cream stand” 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. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail.
Clue 8: “The tennis game is equidistant from the hot dog stand and the guitar music” 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 donut stand is between the golden retriever and the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Tuba
Clarinet
Trumpet
Guitar
Junk Food
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Donut
Ice Cream
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Baseball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1815
23 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 46 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 72% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The akita and the cosmo garden are diagonally adjacent
The dahlia garden and the french fries stand are not at the same location
The chrysanthemum garden and the ping pong game are at the same location
The cattle dog and the dahlia garden are diagonally adjacent
The cattle dog plays the tuba
Guitar could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden
The hockey game is next to the carrot patch
A flute could be heard next to the hockey game
One dog is playing saxophone and eating pizza
The lab mix is left of the hamburger stand
The flute music could be heard next to the cabbage patch
The golden retriever is next to the tennis game
One dog is playing piano and eating donuts
The golden retriever is left of the broccoli patch
The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the soccer game
The garlic patch is next to the cosmo garden
Zinnias are growing at the farm
Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the beach
Someone heard a dog playing piano at the farm
The baseball game is at the park
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Football at the Beach, Carrot at the Farm, Guitar at the Snow.
Clue 1: “The border collie is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “Irises are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 3: “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 20: “Zinnias are growing at the farm” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 21: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the beach” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 22: “Someone heard a dog playing piano at the farm” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 23: “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 6: “The chrysanthemum garden and the ping pong game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Beach; Ping Pong can't be at the Farm.
Clue 8: “The cattle dog plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Beach or Snow.
Clue 9: “Guitar could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 4: “The akita and the cosmo garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Snow.
Clue 6: “The chrysanthemum garden and the ping pong game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake.
Clue 10: “The hockey game is next to the carrot patch” 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. Ping Pong goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 6: “The chrysanthemum garden and the ping pong game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 4: “The akita and the cosmo garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Beach.
Clue 11: “A flute could be heard next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 8: “The cattle dog plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The cattle dog and the dahlia garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Snow.
Clue 4: “The akita and the cosmo garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 5: “The dahlia garden and the french fries stand are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Beach.
Clue 12: “One dog is playing saxophone and eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Beach, Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 13: “The lab mix is left of the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Park.
Clue 14: “The flute music could be heard next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 15: “The golden retriever is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 16: “One dog is playing piano and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 13: “The lab mix is left of the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Snow.
Clue 17: “The golden retriever is left of the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Broccoli can't be at the Beach or Trail.
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. Lab Mix goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Snow.
Clue 8: “The cattle dog plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Trail.
Clue 12: “One dog is playing saxophone and eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 13: “The lab mix is left of the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach.
Clue 15: “The golden retriever is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Soccer Ball goes at the Farm.
Clue 18: “The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 19: “The garlic patch is next to the cosmo garden” 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 Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Lab Mix
Golden Retriever
Akita
Sheltie
Border Collie
Flowers
Iris
Dahlia
Chrysanthemum
Poppy
Cosmo
Zinnia
Instruments
Tuba
Clarinet
Saxophone
Flute
Guitar
Piano
Junk Food
French Fries
Hot Dog
Pizza
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Donut
Sports
Baseball
Football
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Puck
Soccer Ball
Vegetables
Pepper
Turnip
Cabbage
Garlic
Broccoli
Carrot
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1815
24 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 64 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 88% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The border collie and the iris garden are at the same location
One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts
The hamburger stand and the tuba music have one location between them
The garlic patch is at the farm
The cosmo garden is not at an edge
The hockey game and the akita have one location between them
The french fries stand is at the beach, lake, or farm
The flute music is at the beach, lake, or farm
The cattle dog is left of the baseball game, is left of the garlic patch
The saxophone music and the ice cream stand are at symmetric positions around the center
The tuba music is next to the dahlia garden
The hot dog stand and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center
The akita is at the Park or the Beach
The soccer game is left of the donut stand
The sheltie is equidistant from the cabbage patch and the tuba music
Clarinet music is coming from the iris garden
The pizza stand is not at an edge
The tennis game is next to the sheltie
None of the dogs are playing soccer at the park
The golden retriever doesn't like ice cream
The golden retriever is left of the ping pong game, is left of the zinnia garden
The piano music is next to the chrysanthemum garden
The soccer game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Trail, Turnip at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The garlic patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 6: “The cosmo garden is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 8: “The french fries stand is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 9: “The flute music is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 14: “The akita is at the Park or the Beach” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Trail, Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 18: “The pizza stand is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 20: “None of the dogs are playing soccer at the park” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the tuba music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 7: “The hockey game and the akita have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park, Beach, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 11: “The saxophone music and the ice cream stand are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 3: “One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the tuba music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 12: “The tuba music is next to the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Farm.
Clue 13: “The hot dog stand and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Lake.
Clue 2: “The border collie and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Lake.
Clue 15: “The soccer game is left of the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Farm; Donut can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 3: “One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 21: “The golden retriever doesn't like ice cream” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Trail.
Clue 24: “The soccer game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Snow.
Clue 10: “The cattle dog is left of the baseball game, is left of the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Snow or Farm; Baseball can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 16: “The sheltie is equidistant from the cabbage patch and the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Trail; Sheltie can't be at the Park, Trail, Snow, or Farm; Tuba can't be at the Beach.
Clue 12: “The tuba music is next to the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 19: “The tennis game is next to the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 22: “The golden retriever is left of the ping pong game, is left of the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow or Farm; Ping Pong can't be at the Park or Farm; Zinnia can't be at the Park or Beach.
The Farm still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Football goes at the Farm.
The Park still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Tennis Ball goes at the Park.
Clue 19: “The tennis game is next to the sheltie” Given what we know so far, Sheltie 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.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The akita is not next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Beach.
Clue 2: “The border collie and the iris garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Park, Beach, or Trail.
Clue 7: “The hockey game and the akita have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 13: “The hot dog stand and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 17: “Clarinet music is coming from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Park, Beach, or Trail.
The Park still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Piano goes at the Park.
The Beach still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Flute goes at the Beach.
The Trail still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Tuba goes at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the tuba music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Lake.
Clue 12: “The tuba music is next to the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Snow.
Clue 23: “The piano music is next to the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
The Park still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Poppy goes at the Park.
Clue 24: “The soccer game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach.
Clue 10: “The cattle dog is left of the baseball game, is left of the garlic patch” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 16: “The sheltie is equidistant from the cabbage patch and the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
The Beach still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Carrot goes at the Beach.
Clue 22: “The golden retriever is left of the ping pong game, is left of the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports; Zinnia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Trail.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Soccer Ball goes at the Beach.
Clue 2: “The border collie and the iris garden are at the same location” 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. Lab Mix goes at the Farm.
Clue 13: “The hot dog stand and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
The Park still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Hamburger goes at the Park.
Clue 17: “Clarinet music is coming from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Farm.
Clue 3: “One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Snow.
Clue 24: “The soccer game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.