The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from September 27, 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 58 steps. Difficulty ratings compare each puzzle with every other puzzle of the same size and level, and the hardest daily puzzles so far have their own page. New to these puzzles? Read how to solve logic grid puzzles or the guide to every clue type.
Every location gets exactly one item from each category:
Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Instruments
Trumpet
Junk Food
Donut
Sports
Tennis Ball
Clues
The akita and the clarinet music are not at the same location
The cattle dog plays the tuba
The baseball game is left of the tuba player
The donut stand and the hockey game are not at the same location
The hamburger stand is left of the baseball game
The ice cream stand is at the beach
The border collie is having a walk at the beach
The akita is having a walk at the trail
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Tennis Ball at the Trail, Trumpet at the Beach, Donut at the Lake.
Clue 6: “The ice cream stand is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “The border collie is having a walk at the beach” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 8: “The akita is having a walk at the trail” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The akita and the clarinet music are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The cattle dog plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Trail.
The Trail still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Guitar goes at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The baseball game is left of the tuba player” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Lake; Tuba must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Park.
Clue 2: “The cattle dog plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Park.
Clue 4: “The donut stand and the hockey game are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Lake.
The Lake still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Ping Pong goes at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The hamburger stand is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food; Baseball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Akita
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Clarinet
Trumpet
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Donut
Sports
Puck
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1853
9 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 16 solving steps.
●●●○○Difficulty 3/5: easier than 43% 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
Akita
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports
Ping Pong
Clues
The hot dog stand is at the lake
The hockey game and the clarinet music are at symmetric positions around the center
The golden retriever plays the clarinet
The guitar music is next to the donut stand
The cattle dog is not at the lake
The ice cream stand is at the park
The cattle dog is equidistant from the trumpet music and the hot dog stand
The tennis game is at the beach or the lake
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Ping Pong at the Lake, Akita at the Park.
Clue 1: “The hot dog stand is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 5: “The cattle dog is not at the lake” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Lake.
Clue 6: “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 8: “The tennis game is at the beach or the lake” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 9: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 2: “The hockey game and the clarinet music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The guitar music is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Trail.
Clue 7: “The cattle dog is equidistant from the trumpet music and the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The hockey game and the clarinet music are at symmetric positions around the center” 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. Baseball goes at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Clarinet
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Sports
Puck
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Ping Pong
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1853
20 clues, 4 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 guitar music and the pepper patch are at the same location
Guitar music is coming from the iris garden
The soccer game is next to the iris garden
The dahlia garden is next to the cabbage patch
Clarinet music is coming from the poppy garden
The golden retriever is next to the ice cream stand
The cattle dog is playing hockey
The cosmo garden and the hamburger stand are at the same location
The garlic patch is next to the ice cream stand
The donut stand is catty-corner to the baseball game
The football game and the garlic patch are diagonally adjacent
Someone is playing tuba at the hockey game
One dog is playing flute and eating pizza
Someone is playing flute at the baseball game
The lab mix is having a walk at the lake
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Snow, Broccoli at the Farm, Saxophone at the Farm, Zinnia at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The tennis game is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 2: “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 3: “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 20: “The lab mix is having a walk at the lake” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The border collie likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 5: “The akita is playing soccer” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park or Lake; Akita can't be at the Farm.
Clue 6: “The guitar music and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “Guitar music is coming from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Park or Farm; Guitar can't be at the Beach.
Clue 6: “The guitar music and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Beach.
Clue 8: “The soccer game is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Snow.
Clue 7: “Guitar music is coming from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Snow.
Clue 6: “The guitar music and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Snow.
Clue 10: “Clarinet music is coming from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach; Poppy can't be at the Farm.
Clue 11: “The golden retriever is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 12: “The cattle dog is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 13: “The cosmo garden and the hamburger stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Park or Snow; Hamburger can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The garlic patch is next to the ice cream stand” 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. Pepper goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 6: “The guitar music and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 7: “Guitar music is coming from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 8: “The soccer game is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 5: “The akita is playing soccer” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 9: “The dahlia garden is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Snow.
Clue 13: “The cosmo garden and the hamburger stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Trail.
Clue 16: “The football game and the garlic patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Park or Lake.
Clue 17: “Someone is playing tuba at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments; Puck must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 10: “Clarinet music is coming from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Snow.
The Snow still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Chrysanthemum goes at the Snow.
Clue 12: “The cattle dog is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Trail.
Clue 15: “The donut stand is catty-corner to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 18: “One dog is playing flute and eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Park; Pizza can't be at the Trail or Farm.
Clue 19: “Someone is playing flute at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments; Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Piano goes at the Beach.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Park.
Clue 10: “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.
Clue 9: “The dahlia garden is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Beach.
Clue 15: “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.
Clue 18: “One dog is playing flute and eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Pizza 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 Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The cosmo garden and the hamburger stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Border Collie
Akita
Sheltie
Lab Mix
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Flowers
Poppy
Zinnia
Iris
Dahlia
Chrysanthemum
Cosmo
Instruments
Clarinet
Piano
Guitar
Flute
Tuba
Saxophone
Junk Food
Hot Dog
French Fries
Donut
Pizza
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Sports
Ping Pong
Soccer Ball
Football
Baseball
Puck
Tennis Ball
Vegetables
Turnip
Carrot
Pepper
Garlic
Cabbage
Broccoli
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1853
24 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 58 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 66% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The hamburger stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center
The french fries stand and the dahlia garden are at the same location
Irises are growing at the park
The carrot patch and the tuba music are not at the same location
The akita is playing ping pong
The ice cream stand and the carrot patch have one location between them
The turnip patch and the zinnia garden are at most 1 locations apart
The golden retriever is left of the cabbage patch, is left of the saxophone music
The donut stand is at the Beach or the Lake
The border collie and the ice cream stand have two locations between them
The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream
The pepper patch is not at an edge
The pepper patch and the hot dog stand are at knight's move distance
The football game and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center
The clarinet music is between the iris garden and the border collie
The tuba music is left of the broccoli patch
The ice cream stand is farther from the carrot patch than from the golden retriever
The guitar music is next to the lab mix
The chrysanthemum garden and the soccer game are at the same location
Someone is playing tuba at the soccer game
The poppy garden is between the lab mix and the broccoli patch
Show the step-by-step solution
Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Farm, Garlic at the Lake.
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 6: “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 12: “The donut stand is at the Beach or the Lake” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Trail, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 15: “The pepper patch is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 8: “The akita is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Farm.
Clue 9: “The ice cream stand and the carrot patch have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 7: “The carrot patch and the tuba music are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Trail.
Clue 13: “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 Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 8: “The akita is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake.
Clue 14: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Farm.
Clue 8: “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.
Clue 16: “The pepper patch and the hot dog stand are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Beach or Snow.
Clue 17: “The football game and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Trail; Cattle Dog can't be at the Farm.
Clue 19: “The tuba music is left of the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Farm; Broccoli can't be at the Park.
Clue 22: “The chrysanthemum garden and the soccer game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Farm.
Clue 23: “Someone is playing tuba at the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Trail; Tuba can't be at the Park.
Clue 19: “The tuba music is left of the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach.
Clue 22: “The chrysanthemum garden and the soccer game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Trail.
Clue 11: “The golden retriever is left of the cabbage patch, is left of the saxophone music” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Snow or Farm; Cabbage must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables; Saxophone must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Turnip goes at the Park.
Clue 10: “The turnip patch and the zinnia garden are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 5: “The french fries stand and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The piano music is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “The pepper patch and the hot dog stand are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 1: “The piano music is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The french fries stand and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Trail.
Clue 22: “The chrysanthemum garden and the soccer game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Beach.
Clue 23: “Someone is playing tuba at the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach.
Clue 18: “The clarinet music is between the iris garden and the border collie” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Park, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 20: “The ice cream stand is farther from the carrot patch than from the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 17: “The football game and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Snow.
Clue 21: “The guitar music is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park or Trail.
The Park still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Flute goes at the Park.
Clue 24: “The poppy garden is between the lab mix and the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Poppy can't be at the Trail or Farm.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Farm.
The Trail still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Cosmo goes at the Trail.
The Farm still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Dahlia goes at the Farm.
Clue 3: “The cattle dog is not playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Snow.
Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach.
Clue 5: “The french fries stand and the dahlia garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 1: “The piano music is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the 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.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Trail.
Clue 17: “The football game and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Clue 4: “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.
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. Pizza goes at the Snow.
Clue 23: “Someone is playing tuba at the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Snow.
Clue 22: “The chrysanthemum garden and the soccer game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.