Clues by Sam - Jan 8th 2026 (Tricky)  
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  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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    4 days ago

    Ok, no spoilers. But how in the fuck is this Pam’s neighbor?

    I complained yesterday about the logic in these puzzles, and I’ll admit I was wrong then. But I really don’t see how this follows.

    • LyD@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Edit: you asked for no spoilers, I hope this is okay. Kind of hard to explain the logic while avoiding all spoilers.

      Tap for spoiler
      • there are 2 innocents to the right of Ruby, which means there are 2 innocents and 1 criminal between Stella, Tina, and Uma.
      • 1 innocent is Pam’s neighbour, which means Tina and Uma must be an innocent and a criminal (we won’t know which is which, yet).
      • 1 innocent and 1 criminal are accounted for. 1 innocent is left. Who must it be?
        • LyD@lemmy.ca
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          3 days ago

          The first clue gives two pieces of info:

          • Two innocents to the right of Ruby
          • Only one of those two innocents is Pam’s neighbour

          That means:

          Tap for spoiler

          The second innocent is NOT Pam’s neighbour

          • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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            3 days ago

            Maybe I’m just going senile. But that really doesn’t make any sense. Stella is not Pam’s neighbor. How do you make that Olympic level leap of deduction?