The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from October 20, 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
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Junk Food
Hamburger
Sports
Baseball
Clues
Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the park
Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the lake
The cattle dog is next to the hot dog stand
The guitar player is left of the ping pong game
The donut stand is at the trail
The tennis game is at the beach
Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the trail
The border collie is having a walk at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Golden Retriever at the Trail, Baseball at the Park, Hamburger at the Beach.
Clue 1: “Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the park” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 2: “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 5: “The donut stand is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Clue 6: “The tennis game is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 7: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the trail” 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. Clarinet goes at the Beach.
Clue 8: “The border collie is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 3: “The cattle dog is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food; Cattle Dog 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. Ice Cream goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The guitar player is left of 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.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Akita
Instruments
Tuba
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Hamburger
Donut
Ice Cream
Sports
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Puck
Ping Pong
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1021
8 clues, 1 pre-filled square, 18 solving steps.
●●●●○Difficulty 4/5: harder than 69% 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
Sports
Clues
The golden retriever is playing baseball
The trumpet music is equidistant from the cattle dog and the ping pong game
Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game
The tennis game is left of the trumpet music, is left of the akita
The tennis game is next to the hamburger stand
The border collie likes eating ice cream
The guitar music is between the ice cream stand and the baseball game
The donut stand and the akita have one location between them
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Trumpet at the Trail.
Clue 3: “Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Trail.
Clue 2: “The trumpet music is equidistant from the cattle dog and the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park or Trail; Ping Pong can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 4: “The tennis game is left of the trumpet music, is left of the akita” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Trail or Lake; Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
The Trail still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Baseball goes at the Trail.
Clue 1: “The golden retriever is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Park.
Clue 5: “The tennis game is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Lake.
Clue 6: “The border collie likes eating ice cream” 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 donut stand and the akita have one location between them” 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, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The tennis game is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Park.
Clue 3: “Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 7: “The guitar music is between the ice cream stand and the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Akita
Instruments
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Donut
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Sports
Puck
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Ping Pong
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1021
25 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 soccer game and the dahlia garden are not at the same location
Guitar music is coming from the poppy garden
Clarinet music is coming from the zinnia garden
The flute music is next to the iris garden
The iris garden is next to the carrot patch
The ice cream stand is next to the cabbage patch
The guitar music could be heard next to the pepper patch
Irises are growing next to the hot dogs
The pepper patch and the ping pong game are not at the same location
The chrysanthemum garden and the garlic patch are not at the same location
Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden
The ice cream stand is left of the iris garden
The lab mix plays the tuba
Someone is playing clarinet at the football game
The sheltie is playing hockey
The guitar music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent
The football game is at the lake
The pizza stand is at the snow
Poppies are growing at the snow
The border collie is having a walk at the snow
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Baseball at the Snow, Chrysanthemum at the Beach, Soccer Ball at the Park.
Clue 1: “The akita is having a walk at the park” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 2: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Clue 3: “The hamburger stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 22: “The football game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 23: “The pizza stand is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
Clue 24: “Poppies are growing at the snow” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 25: “The border collie is having a walk at the snow” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 4: “The akita likes to eat turnip” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 6: “The soccer game and the dahlia garden are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “Guitar music is coming from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
Clue 8: “Clarinet music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach.
Clue 9: “The flute music is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Park or Farm; Iris can't be at the Farm.
Clue 10: “The iris garden is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Farm.
Clue 11: “The ice cream stand is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Farm.
Clue 12: “The guitar music could be heard next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Beach, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 13: “Irises are growing next to the hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Farm.
Clue 15: “The chrysanthemum garden and the garlic patch are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Beach.
Clue 16: “Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Park, Beach, or Trail.
Clue 17: “The ice cream stand is left of the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Lake or Farm; Iris can't be at the Park.
Clue 11: “The ice cream stand is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Snow.
Clue 18: “The lab mix plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 19: “Someone is playing clarinet at the football game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
The Park still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Piano goes at the Park.
Clue 8: “Clarinet music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Cosmo goes at the Park.
Clue 9: “The flute music is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Trail.
Clue 10: “The iris garden is next to the carrot patch” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 13: “Irises are growing next to the hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Trail.
Clue 17: “The ice cream stand is left of the iris garden” 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 Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
Clue 11: “The ice cream stand is next to the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Clue 18: “The lab mix plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 20: “The sheltie is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Sheltie 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 Lake.
Clue 5: “The sheltie doesn't like carrot” 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. Pepper goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The pepper patch and the ping pong game are not at the same location” 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. Tennis Ball goes at the Farm.
Clue 21: “The guitar music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Akita
Sheltie
Lab Mix
Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Flowers
Cosmo
Chrysanthemum
Iris
Zinnia
Poppy
Dahlia
Instruments
Piano
Flute
Tuba
Clarinet
Guitar
Saxophone
Junk Food
Hamburger
Ice Cream
French Fries
Hot Dog
Pizza
Donut
Sports
Soccer Ball
Puck
Ping Pong
Football
Baseball
Tennis Ball
Vegetables
Turnip
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrot
Garlic
Pepper
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1021
24 clues, 3 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 tennis game and the cabbage patch are at the same location
Chrysanthemums are growing at the park
The dahlia garden is next to the pepper patch
The iris garden and the donut stand are at knight's move distance
The iris garden and the pizza stand are at symmetric positions around the center
The cosmo garden is left of the pepper patch
The garlic patch and the clarinet music are at the same location
The broccoli patch is at the park, trail, or snow
The hamburger stand is at the park, trail, or snow
The dahlia garden is left of the saxophone music, is left of the football game
The cattle dog is left of the tennis game
The piano music is not next to the ping pong game
The chrysanthemum garden and the sheltie are at the same location
The ice cream stand is at the park
The zinnia garden is left of the turnip patch
The cattle dog is left of the guitar music
A clarinet could be heard next to the hockey game
The hamburger stand and the dahlia garden are not at the same location
The lab mix is not next to the french fries stand
The ping pong game and the akita have two locations between them
The ice cream stand and the soccer game are not at the same location
The border collie and the flute music have one location between them
One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Lab Mix at the Beach, Saxophone at the Snow, Carrot at the Park.
Clue 3: “Chrysanthemums are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 9: “The broccoli patch is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 10: “The hamburger stand is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 15: “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 1: “The lab mix is next to the soccer game” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Beach, Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 2: “The tennis game and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Park.
Clue 6: “The iris garden and the pizza stand are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Farm; Pizza can't be at the Farm.
Clue 7: “The cosmo garden is left of the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Farm; Pepper can't be at the Beach.
Clue 8: “The garlic patch and the clarinet music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Snow; Clarinet can't be at the Park.
Clue 12: “The cattle dog is left of the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Farm.
Clue 14: “The chrysanthemum garden and the sheltie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
Clue 12: “The cattle dog is left of the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 2: “The tennis game and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 16: “The zinnia garden is left of the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Farm; Turnip can't be at the Beach.
The Beach still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Garlic goes at the Beach.
Clue 8: “The garlic patch and the clarinet music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 17: “The cattle dog is left of the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 18: “A clarinet could be heard next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach, Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 20: “The lab mix is not next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Trail.
Clue 21: “The ping pong game and the akita have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake or Snow.
Clue 22: “The ice cream stand and the soccer game are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 21: “The ping pong game and the akita have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 24: “One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Beach, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 5: “The iris garden and the donut stand are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 6: “The iris garden and the pizza stand are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Pizza can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 11: “The dahlia garden is left of the saxophone music, is left of the football game” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Snow or Farm; Football 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 Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
The Farm still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Poppy goes at the Farm.
Clue 2: “The tennis game and the cabbage patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Farm.
Clue 4: “The dahlia garden is next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Farm.
The Farm still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Turnip goes at the Farm.
Clue 7: “The cosmo garden is left of the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Snow.
Clue 12: “The cattle dog is left of the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Snow.
Clue 13: “The piano music is not next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Piano can't be at the Park or Trail.
Clue 21: “The ping pong game and the akita have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Clue 23: “The border collie and the flute music have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Trail.
The Trail still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Tuba goes at the Trail.
The Park still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Flute goes at the Park.
Clue 23: “The border collie and the flute music have one location between them” 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. Cattle Dog goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Farm.
Clue 12: “The cattle dog is left of the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Lake.
Clue 2: “The tennis game and the cabbage patch are at the same location” 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. Broccoli goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The dahlia garden is next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 6: “The iris garden and the pizza stand are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
Clue 7: “The cosmo garden is left of the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Lake.
Clue 17: “The cattle dog is left of the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Only one location is left open. Piano goes at the Lake.
Clue 19: “The hamburger stand and the dahlia garden are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
The Trail still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Hot Dog goes at the Trail.
Clue 24: “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.