The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from October 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
Trumpet
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Sports
Puck
Clues
The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream
The donut stand is left of the cattle dog
The dog playing tennis likes to eat hamburgers
The akita likes eating hamburgers
The clarinet music is left of the golden retriever
Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the park
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Beach, Hot Dog at the Lake, Trumpet at the Trail, Puck at the Park.
Clue 6: “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 1: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 2: “The donut stand is left of the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “The dog playing tennis likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food; Tennis Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Park.
Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Lake.
Clue 4: “The akita likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
Clue 5: “The clarinet music is left of the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Golden Retriever 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.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Border Collie
Cattle Dog
Akita
Golden Retriever
Instruments
Tuba
Clarinet
Trumpet
Guitar
Junk Food
Donut
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Hot Dog
Sports
Puck
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Baseball
4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1026
5 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 12 solving steps.
●○○○○Difficulty 1/5: easier than 91% 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
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Clarinet
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Sports
Clues
The ping pong game is left of the tuba player
Someone is playing guitar at the hockey game
The tennis game is left of the guitar music, is left of the hamburger stand
The tennis game and the trumpet music are at knight's move distance
The donut stand and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Hot Dog at the Beach, Clarinet at the Beach, Cattle Dog at the Lake, Akita at the Park.
Clue 1: “The ping pong game is left of the tuba player” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake; Tuba can't be at the Park.
Clue 2: “Someone is playing guitar at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Beach.
Clue 4: “The tennis game and the trumpet music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Park.
Clue 5: “The donut stand and the border collie are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food; Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Trail.
Clue 3: “The tennis game is left of the guitar music, is left of 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; Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
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. Trumpet goes at the Park.
Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Park.
Clue 2: “Someone is playing guitar at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail 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.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Dogs
Akita
Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Cattle Dog
Instruments
Trumpet
Clarinet
Guitar
Tuba
Junk Food
Ice Cream
Hot Dog
Donut
Hamburger
Sports
Ping Pong
Tennis Ball
Puck
Baseball
6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1026
23 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 51 solving steps.
●●●●●Difficulty 5/5: harder than 91% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.
The poppy garden and the sheltie are at the same location
The zinnia garden and the french fries stand are at the same location
The golden retriever likes eating donuts
The soccer game is next to the turnip patch
The ice cream stand and the soccer game are not at the same location
The tennis game is left of the donut stand
The border collie is next to the poppy garden
The tuba music could be heard next to the turnip patch
The broccoli patch and the chrysanthemum garden are not at the same location
The lab mix likes eating french fries
The akita likes to eat garlic
A saxophone could be heard next to the ping pong game
The cabbage patch and the poppy garden are at the same location
The pepper patch and the flute music are at the same location
The tennis game is next to the cosmo garden
The clarinet music is next to the dahlia garden
Irises are growing at the trail
The broccoli patch is at the farm
Someone heard a dog playing piano at the farm
The pepper patch is at the park
The football game is at the snow
Dahlias are growing at the snow
The hockey game is at the lake
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Hamburger at the Lake, Pizza at the Snow, Ice Cream at the Trail.
Clue 17: “Irises are growing at the trail” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
Clue 18: “The broccoli patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
Clue 19: “Someone heard a dog playing piano at the farm” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
Clue 20: “The pepper patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 21: “The football game is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 22: “Dahlias are growing at the snow” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
Clue 23: “The hockey game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Clue 1: “The poppy garden and the sheltie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 2: “The zinnia garden and the french fries stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Lake.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 5: “The ice cream stand and the soccer game are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Trail.
Clue 4: “The soccer game is next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Lake.
Clue 6: “The tennis game is left of the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Farm; Donut can't be at the Park.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park.
Clue 7: “The border collie is next to the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Lake or Farm.
Clue 8: “The tuba music could be heard next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Snow.
Clue 9: “The broccoli patch and the chrysanthemum garden are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Farm.
Clue 10: “The lab mix likes eating french fries” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Trail, Lake, or Snow.
Clue 11: “The akita likes to eat garlic” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 13: “The cabbage patch and the poppy garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Trail or Snow; Poppy can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 1: “The poppy garden and the sheltie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Park or Farm.
Clue 7: “The border collie is next to the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The pepper patch and the flute music are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
Clue 15: “The tennis game is next to the cosmo garden” Given what we know so far, Cosmo can't be at the Farm.
The Farm still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Zinnia goes at the Farm.
Clue 2: “The zinnia garden and the french fries stand 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.
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. Hot Dog goes at the Park.
Clue 3: “The golden retriever likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
Clue 1: “The poppy garden and the sheltie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Clue 6: “The tennis game is left of the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 4: “The soccer game is next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Beach.
Clue 7: “The border collie is next to the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park.
Clue 8: “The tuba music could be heard next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Trail.
Clue 10: “The lab mix likes eating french fries” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
The Park still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Cattle Dog goes at the Park.
Clue 11: “The akita likes to eat garlic” Given what we know so far, Garlic can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 13: “The cabbage patch and the poppy garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
The Beach still needs one of the vegetables, and only one of them can go there. Carrot goes at the Beach.
Clue 15: “The tennis game is next to the cosmo garden” 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. Chrysanthemum goes at the Park.
Clue 16: “The clarinet music is next to the dahlia garden” 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. Tuba goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
Clue 8: “The tuba music could be heard next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Snow.
Clue 4: “The soccer game is next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
Clue 11: “The akita likes to eat garlic” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Trail.
Clue 12: “A saxophone could be heard next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments; Ping Pong must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
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Park1
Beach2
Trail3
Lake4
Snow5
Farm6
Dogs
Cattle Dog
Golden Retriever
Border Collie
Sheltie
Akita
Lab Mix
Flowers
Chrysanthemum
Cosmo
Iris
Poppy
Dahlia
Zinnia
Instruments
Flute
Tuba
Guitar
Clarinet
Saxophone
Piano
Junk Food
Hot Dog
Donut
Ice Cream
Hamburger
Pizza
French Fries
Sports
Tennis Ball
Soccer Ball
Baseball
Puck
Football
Ping Pong
Vegetables
Pepper
Carrot
Turnip
Cabbage
Garlic
Broccoli
6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1026
23 clues, 4 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 tennis game is between the pepper patch and the piano music
Flute music is coming from the zinnia garden
The hot dog stand is left of the dahlia garden, is left of the broccoli patch
The baseball game and the garlic patch are at the same location
The golden retriever is at the beach, lake, or farm
The cabbage patch is not next to the guitar music
The baseball game and the cattle dog are at least 3 locations apart
The border collie is at the park, trail, or snow
The cabbage patch is equidistant from the tuba music and the hamburger stand
The akita is left of the poppy garden
The zinnia garden and the lab mix are at the same location
The garlic patch is left of the clarinet music
The football game is next to the poppy garden
The border collie is playing soccer
The ice cream stand is next to the pepper patch
The french fries stand is not next to the dahlia garden
Irises are growing next to the french fries
The garlic patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location
The broccoli patch and the saxophone music have two locations between them
The hamburger stand is at the farm
The akita likes eating pizza
The ping pong game is at the Beach or the Trail
The clarinet music is left of the dahlia garden, is left of the lab mix
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Start with the pre-filled squares: Pizza at the Trail, Turnip at the Snow, Carrot at the Trail, Cattle Dog at the Lake.
Clue 5: “The golden retriever is at the beach, lake, or farm” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Park, Trail, or Snow.
Clue 8: “The border collie is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach or Farm.
Clue 20: “The hamburger stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
Clue 22: “The ping pong game is at the Beach or the Trail” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park, Lake, Snow, or Farm.
Clue 4: “The baseball game and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 7: “The baseball game and the cattle dog are at least 3 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
Clue 4: “The baseball game and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
Clue 10: “The akita is left of the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Farm; Poppy can't be at the Park.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the lab mix are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Lake.
Clue 2: “Flute music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Lake.
Clue 12: “The garlic patch is left of the clarinet music” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Park.
Clue 14: “The border collie is playing soccer” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm; Border Collie can't be at the Park.
Clue 15: “The ice cream stand is next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Beach or Lake.
Clue 18: “The garlic patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
Clue 2: “Flute music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Park.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the lab mix are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Park.
Clue 19: “The broccoli patch and the saxophone music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
Clue 21: “The akita likes eating pizza” Given what we know so far, Akita 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 Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
The Park still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Sheltie goes at the Park.
Clue 10: “The akita is left of the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Beach or Trail.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the lab mix are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Zinnia can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 2: “Flute music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 13: “The football game is next to the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Beach.
Clue 14: “The border collie is playing soccer” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
Clue 13: “The football game is next to the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Farm.
Clue 1: “The tennis game is between the pepper patch and the piano music” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Farm.
Clue 3: “The hot dog stand is left of the dahlia garden, is left of the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Snow; Dahlia can't be at the Farm; Broccoli can't be at the Beach.
Clue 19: “The broccoli patch and the saxophone music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Snow.
Clue 9: “The cabbage patch is equidistant from the tuba music and the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Cabbage must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
Only one location is left open. Flute goes 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.
Clue 2: “Flute music is coming from the zinnia garden” Given what we know so far, Zinnia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
Clue 6: “The cabbage patch is not next to the guitar music” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Trail or Snow.
Clue 11: “The zinnia garden and the lab mix are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Beach.
Clue 15: “The ice cream stand is next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
Clue 17: “Irises are growing next to the french fries” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Beach.
Clue 19: “The broccoli patch and the saxophone music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
Clue 1: “The tennis game is between the pepper patch and the piano music” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach; Piano can't be at the Park.
The Park still needs one of the instruments, and only one of them can go there. Guitar goes at the Park.
Clue 3: “The hot dog stand is left of the dahlia garden, is left of the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Dahlia can't be at the Beach.
The Beach still needs one of the flowers, and only one of them can go there. Chrysanthemum goes at the Beach.
Clue 23: “The clarinet music is left of the dahlia garden, is left of the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments; 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 Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Trail.
Only one location is left open. Piano goes at the Snow.
Clue 13: “The football game is next to the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail 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.
Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Farm.
Clue 16: “The french fries stand is not next to the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Lake.
Clue 17: “Irises are growing next to the french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries 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.