The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from October 19, 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 59 steps. Difficulty ratings compare each puzzle with every other puzzle of the same size and level, and the hardest daily puzzles so far have their own page. New to these puzzles? Read how to solve logic grid puzzles or the guide to every clue type.
Every location gets exactly one item from each category:
Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball
Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Trumpet
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Sports
Ping Pong
Clues
The hockey game is left of the ice cream stand
The hamburger stand is left of the baseball game
The golden retriever plays the clarinet
Someone is playing tuba at the baseball game
The baseball game is at the trail
The ice cream stand is at the beach
The akita is having a walk at the beach
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Ping Pong at the Beach, Trumpet at the Beach, Cattle Dog at the Lake, Hot Dog at the Trail.
Clue 5: “The baseball game is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
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 akita is having a walk at the beach” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The hockey game is left of 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 Lake.
Clue 2: “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.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Lake.
Clue 4: “Someone is playing tuba at the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
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. Guitar goes at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Akita
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Clarinet
Trumpet
Tuba
Guitar
Junk Food
Hamburger
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Donut
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Baseball
Tennis Ball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #2000
8 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 11 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 96% 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
Clarinet
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Sports
Tennis Ball
Clues
The donut stand is at the park
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the lake
The border collie is not at the park
The golden retriever likes eating hamburgers
The baseball game is not at an edge
Someone is playing tuba at the ping pong game
The border collie is at the park or the trail
The cattle dog is at the park or the trail
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Clarinet at the Trail, Tennis Ball at the Trail, Ice Cream at the Lake.
Clue 1: “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 2: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the lake” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Clue 3: “The border collie is not at the park” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “The baseball game is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 7: “The border collie is at the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 8: “The cattle dog is at the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The golden retriever likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food; Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Lake.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Trail.
Clue 6: “Someone is playing tuba at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports; Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Akita
Instruments
Tuba
Trumpet
Clarinet
Guitar
Junk Food
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Ice Cream
Sports
Ping Pong
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Puck
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #2000
23 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 48 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 82% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The saxophone player is left of the hamburger stand
Piano could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden
The saxophone music is next to the lab mix
The akita is left of the iris garden
The lab mix is left of the piano music
The border collie likes eating donuts
Tuba music is coming from the cosmo garden
The hamburger stand and the garlic patch are at the same location
The dahlia garden is next to the tennis game
The carrot patch and the tuba music are not at the same location
The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs
The lab mix likes eating french fries
The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the football game
Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the zinnia garden
Cosmos are growing at the beach
Poppies are growing at the farm
The soccer game is at the park
The hockey game is at the trail
The cabbage patch is at the snow
The golden retriever is having a walk at the park
The turnip patch is at the trail
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Football at the Farm, Guitar at the Lake, Broccoli at the Lake.
Clue 1: “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 17: “Cosmos are growing at the beach” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Clue 18: “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 19: “The soccer game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
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: “The cabbage patch is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Clue 22: “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 23: “The turnip patch is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 2: “The sheltie plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 3: “The saxophone player is left of the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Park.
Clue 4: “Piano could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Snow; Piano can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “The saxophone music is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Snow.
Clue 6: “The akita is left of the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Lake or Snow; Iris can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “The lab mix is left of the piano music” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Beach.
Clue 4: “Piano could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 8: “The border collie likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 9: “Tuba music is coming from the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 5: “The saxophone music is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Trail.
Clue 10: “The hamburger stand and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow; Garlic can't be at the Park.
Clue 11: “The dahlia garden is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Snow.
Clue 12: “The carrot patch and the tuba music are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park, Trail, or Farm.
Clue 14: “The lab mix likes eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Park, Trail, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 15: “The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the football game” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
The Park still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Pizza goes at the Park.
The Trail still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Donut goes at the Trail.
The Farm still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Hamburger goes at the Farm.
Clue 8: “The border collie likes eating donuts” 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. Akita goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach 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 5: “The saxophone music is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Park.
The Park still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Flute goes at the Park.
Clue 7: “The lab mix is left of the piano music” 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. Saxophone goes at the Trail.
Clue 10: “The hamburger stand and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Snow.
The Snow still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Baseball goes at the Snow.
Clue 14: “The lab mix likes eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong 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 Lake.
Clue 11: “The dahlia garden is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park.
Clue 16: “Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Golden Retriever
Akita
Border Collie
Lab Mix
Cattle Dog
Sheltie
Flowers
Chrysanthemum
Cosmo
Dahlia
Iris
Zinnia
Poppy
Instruments
Flute
Tuba
Saxophone
Guitar
Piano
Clarinet
Junk Food
Pizza
Hot Dog
Donut
French Fries
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Sports
Soccer Ball
Ping Pong
Puck
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Football
Vegetables
Carrot
Pepper
Turnip
Broccoli
Cabbage
Garlic
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #2000
27 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 59 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 71% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The soccer game and the cattle dog are at most 2 locations apart
The football game is at the farm
The carrot patch is not at the farm
The clarinet music is at the park, trail, or snow
The akita and the dahlia garden are diagonally adjacent
The flute could not be heard at the ping pong game
The tennis game is between the iris garden and the turnip patch
The flute music and the soccer game are at most 1 locations apart
The hamburger stand is at the Beach or the Park
The tuba music is not at an edge
The border collie is at the Beach or the Farm
The turnip patch and the sheltie are at symmetric positions around the center
The ice cream stand is at the park, trail, or snow
The french fries stand is left of the golden retriever
Zinnias are growing next to the pizza
The ping pong game is next to the akita
The pizza stand is equidistant from the akita and the poppy garden
The golden retriever is not next to the cosmo garden
The hockey game is next to the border collie
The piano music is equidistant from the cattle dog and the hamburger stand
The donut stand and the pepper patch are at the same location
The zinnia garden is next to the broccoli patch
The ping pong game is left of the carrot patch
The iris garden and the pizza stand are at the same location
The dog playing soccer likes to eat french fries
The cabbage patch and the zinnia garden are at symmetric positions around the center
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Donut at the Park, Guitar at the Park, Cattle Dog at the Farm.
Clue 3: “The football game is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
Clue 4: “The carrot patch is not at the farm” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Farm.
Clue 5: “The clarinet music is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 10: “The hamburger stand is at the Beach or the Park” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 11: “The tuba music is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Farm.
Clue 12: “The border collie is at the Beach or the Farm” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Clue 14: “The ice cream stand is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 2: “The soccer game and the cattle dog are at most 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Park, Beach, or Trail.
Clue 6: “The akita and the dahlia garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park.
Clue 9: “The flute music and the soccer game are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Beach.
Clue 13: “The turnip patch and the sheltie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Park or Snow.
Clue 1: “The dahlia garden is next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “The french fries stand is left of the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Snow or Farm; Golden Retriever can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 16: “Zinnias are growing next to the pizza” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Park.
Clue 17: “The ping pong game is next to the akita” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park.
Clue 20: “The hockey game is next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 22: “The donut stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 24: “The ping pong game is left of the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Snow; Carrot can't be at the Beach.
Clue 25: “The iris garden and the pizza stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Park or Beach.
Clue 26: “The dog playing soccer likes to eat french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food; Soccer Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 9: “The flute music and the soccer game are at most 1 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “The french fries stand is left of the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 13: “The turnip patch and the sheltie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Beach.
Clue 16: “Zinnias are growing next to the pizza” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Trail.
Clue 19: “The golden retriever is not next to the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 23: “The zinnia garden is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach.
Clue 25: “The iris garden and the pizza stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Lake.
Clue 27: “The cabbage patch and the zinnia garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Lake or Farm; Zinnia can't be at the Farm.
Clue 8: “The tennis game is between the iris garden and the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Snow; Tennis Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 25: “The iris garden and the pizza stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Snow.
Clue 18: “The pizza stand is equidistant from the akita and the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Trail; Pizza must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food; Poppy can't be at the Park, Trail, Lake, or Farm.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Farm.
Clue 6: “The akita and the dahlia garden are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Lake.
Clue 16: “Zinnias are growing next to the pizza” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Snow.
Clue 23: “The zinnia garden is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 25: “The iris garden and the pizza stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
The Farm still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Chrysanthemum goes at the Farm.
The Park still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Cosmo goes at the Park.
The Lake still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Zinnia goes at the Lake.
Clue 27: “The cabbage patch and the zinnia garden are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail 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. Carrot goes 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.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Beach.
Clue 1: “The dahlia garden is next to the turnip patch” 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. Poppy goes at the Beach.
Clue 6: “The akita and the dahlia 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 13: “The turnip patch and the sheltie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Sheltie 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 Trail.
Clue 17: “The ping pong game is next to the akita” 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. Puck goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The flute could not be heard at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Trail.
Clue 21: “The piano music is equidistant from the cattle dog and the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.