The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from September 25, 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 56 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
Tuba
Junk Food
Sports
Puck
Baseball
Clues
The cattle dog is left of the clarinet music
One dog is playing clarinet and eating ice cream
The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the tennis game
The baseball game is next to the hamburger stand
The border collie plays the clarinet
The golden retriever is having a walk at the trail
The donut stand is at the park
Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the lake
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Beach, Tuba at the Park, Baseball at the Trail.
Clue 6: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the trail” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 7: “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 8: “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 cattle dog is left of the clarinet music” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Lake.
Clue 2: “One dog is playing clarinet and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Hamburger goes at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The border collie plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach 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. Akita goes at the Lake.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Trail.
Clue 2: “One dog is playing clarinet and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The hot dog stand is catty-corner 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.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Akita
Instruments
Tuba
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Junk Food
Donut
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Sports
Ping Pong
Puck
Baseball
Tennis Ball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1851
8 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 14 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 71% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
Every location gets exactly one item from each category:
Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Instruments
Trumpet
Junk Food
Donut
Sports
Puck
Clues
The tennis game is at the park
One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers
Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game
The clarinet music is left of the cattle dog
The hamburger stand is not at an edge
The border collie and the ice cream stand are at least 3 locations apart
The golden retriever is at the park or the trail
The guitar music and the border collie are at least 3 locations apart
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Trumpet at the Park, Puck at the Beach, Donut at the Park.
Clue 1: “The tennis game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 5: “The hamburger stand is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Lake.
Clue 7: “The golden retriever is at the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 2: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Lake.
Clue 3: “Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The clarinet music is left of the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Cattle Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Lake.
Clue 2: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 3: “Someone is playing clarinet at 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.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Lake.
Clue 6: “The border collie and the ice cream stand are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs; Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Border Collie
Akita
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Trumpet
Tuba
Clarinet
Guitar
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Tennis Ball
Puck
Ping Pong
Baseball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1851
25 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 43 solving steps.
●●●○○Difficulty 3/5: harder than 52% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The dahlia garden and the golden retriever are at the same location
Zinnias are growing next to the pizza
Tuba could be heard next to the golden retriever
The sheltie is next to the ice cream stand
The dog playing tennis likes to eat french fries
Piano could be heard next to the lab mix
The akita likes to eat turnip
The hockey game and the pepper patch are at the same location
The french fries stand is left of the poppy garden
The soccer game is left of the akita
The dahlia garden is next to the border collie
The ice cream stand and the carrot patch are at the same location
The border collie and the chrysanthemum garden are diagonally adjacent
The piano music and the hot dog stand are diagonally adjacent
A flute could be heard next to the ping pong game
The iris garden and the carrot patch are at the same location
The hockey game is at the trail
Someone heard a dog playing flute at the trail
The hamburger stand is at the trail
The donut stand is at the snow
The pizza stand is at the lake
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the farm
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Baseball at the Beach, Saxophone at the Park, Garlic at the Lake.
Clue 1: “Dahlias are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 2: “The broccoli patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 3: “Poppies are growing at the farm” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 20: “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 21: “Someone heard a dog playing flute at the trail” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 22: “The hamburger stand is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 23: “The donut stand is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 24: “The pizza stand is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 25: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the farm” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 4: “The dahlia garden and the golden retriever are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 5: “Zinnias are growing next to the pizza” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 6: “Tuba could be heard next to the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 7: “The sheltie is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 8: “The dog playing tennis likes to eat french fries” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Lake or Snow; French Fries can't be at the Beach.
Clue 9: “Piano could be heard next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Beach.
Clue 10: “The akita likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Lake.
Clue 11: “The hockey game 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.
Clue 10: “The akita likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Trail.
Clue 12: “The french fries stand is left of the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “The sheltie is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Beach.
Clue 8: “The dog playing tennis likes to eat french fries” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 13: “The soccer game is left of the akita” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Farm; Akita can't be at the Beach.
Clue 10: “The akita likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The dahlia garden is next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 15: “The ice cream stand and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Snow.
Clue 16: “The border collie and the chrysanthemum garden are diagonally adjacent” 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. Zinnia goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 17: “The piano music and the hot dog stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments; Hot Dog must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Lake.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The sheltie is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 9: “Piano could be heard next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Snow.
Clue 15: “The ice cream stand and the carrot patch 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 18: “A flute could be heard next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong 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 Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Farm.
Clue 13: “The soccer game is left of the akita” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Snow.
Clue 10: “The akita likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Snow.
Clue 19: “The iris garden and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Sheltie
Lab Mix
Cattle Dog
Akita
Flowers
Dahlia
Iris
Chrysanthemum
Cosmo
Zinnia
Poppy
Instruments
Saxophone
Tuba
Flute
Clarinet
Piano
Guitar
Junk Food
French Fries
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Pizza
Donut
Hot Dog
Sports
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Puck
Ping Pong
Soccer Ball
Football
Vegetables
Broccoli
Carrot
Pepper
Garlic
Cabbage
Turnip
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1851
23 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 56 solving steps.
●●●○○Difficulty 3/5: harder than 55% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The french fries stand is equidistant from the soccer game and the pepper patch
The golden retriever is playing baseball
The tuba music and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center
The hamburger stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
Cosmos are growing at the park
Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park
The akita is playing ping pong
The cattle dog and the zinnia garden are diagonally adjacent
The pepper patch and the lab mix are at least 5 locations apart
The poppy garden is left of the golden retriever, is left of the flute music
The ice cream stand is left of the chrysanthemum garden
The chrysanthemum garden and the sheltie have one location between them
The tuba music is equidistant from the chrysanthemum garden and the hot dog stand
The ice cream stand is next to the hockey game
The football game and the cabbage patch are diagonally adjacent
One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts
The zinnia garden is left of the cabbage patch
The baseball game is next to the turnip patch
The clarinet could not be heard at the hockey game
The golden retriever is not next to the saxophone music
The golden retriever and the iris garden have two locations between them
The soccer game is next to the carrot patch
The iris garden and the broccoli patch are at the same location
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Border Collie at the Trail, Ice Cream at the Snow.
Clue 5: “Cosmos are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 6: “Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The tuba music and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Lake; Cattle Dog can't be at the Farm.
Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Park; Chrysanthemum can't be at the Snow.
Clue 7: “The akita is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Trail.
Clue 9: “The pepper patch and the lab mix are at least 5 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Beach, Trail, Lake, or Snow; Lab Mix can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 11: “The ice cream stand is left of the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 12: “The chrysanthemum garden and the sheltie have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The tuba music and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Trail.
Clue 7: “The akita is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake.
Clue 8: “The cattle dog and the zinnia garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Snow.
Clue 14: “The ice cream stand is next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park, Beach, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 16: “One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Park; Guitar can't be at the Snow or Farm.
Clue 17: “The zinnia garden is left of the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 15: “The football game and the cabbage patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Park.
Clue 23: “The iris garden and the broccoli patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 1: “The french fries stand is equidistant from the soccer game and the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park, Lake, or Farm; French Fries can't be at the Park.
Clue 22: “The soccer game is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Snow.
Clue 10: “The poppy garden is left of the golden retriever, is left of the flute music” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Snow; Golden Retriever must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs; Flute must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 3: “The tuba music and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments; Cattle Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 7: “The akita is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Beach.
Clue 8: “The cattle dog and the zinnia garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 15: “The football game and the cabbage patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Farm.
Clue 17: “The zinnia garden is left of the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Trail.
Clue 15: “The football game and the cabbage patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Beach.
Clue 18: “The baseball game is next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Park, Beach, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 20: “The golden retriever is not next to the saxophone music” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Lake.
Clue 21: “The golden retriever and the iris garden 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.
Only one location is left open. Poppy goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Snow.
Clue 22: “The soccer game is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Farm.
Clue 23: “The iris garden and the broccoli patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Clue 1: “The french fries stand is equidistant from the soccer game and the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Trail.
Clue 13: “The tuba music is equidistant from the chrysanthemum garden and the hot dog stand” 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. French Fries goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Park.
Clue 16: “One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts” 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. Saxophone goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Lake.
Clue 19: “The clarinet could not be heard at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 7: “The akita is playing ping pong” 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. Lab Mix goes at the Farm.
Clue 9: “The pepper patch and the lab mix are at least 5 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 1: “The french fries stand is equidistant from the soccer game and the pepper patch” 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. Football goes 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 15: “The football game and the cabbage patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Clue 22: “The soccer game is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Turnip goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.