Clues by Sam Jun 30, 2026 Answer – Full Solution Explained
A1
🕵️♀️
sleuth
B1
👩🌾
farmer
C1
👷♀️
builder
D1
👩🍳
cook
A2
👮♂️
cop
B2
👷♂️
builder
C2
👷♂️
builder
D2
👨🍳
cook
A3
🕵️♂️
sleuth
B3
👮♀️
cop
C3
👩⚖️
judge
D3
👨🍳
cook
A4
👮♀️
cop
B4
💂♂️
guard
C4
💂♀️
guard
D4
👩🌾
farmer
A5
👩⚖️
judge
B5
👨🎤
singer
C5
👨🎤
singer
D5
💂♀️
guard
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Skip the reasoning — 4 criminals.
Clues by Sam answer for Jun 30, 2026 — a Easy solved in 17 steps
Today's Clues by Sam puzzle is rated Easy and resolves with 4 criminals on a 20-cell, 4-column × 5-row grid. The criminals are Isaac (D2), Linda (B3), Murphy (C3) and Rob (B4); the remaining 16 suspects are innocent.
The deduction chain, in plain English
01.D3 · Pip → INNOCENT
Ellie’s clue says exactly 1 innocent is both above Uma and neighboring Tina. That shared group contains only one person: Pip. Since the shared group still needs that 1 innocent, Pip has to be the innocent there. So Pip must be innocent.
02.B3 · Linda → CRIMINAL
Pip’s clue says that the two criminals in row 3 are connected. In row 3, Pip is innocent, so the only possible criminals there are Josh, Linda, and Murphy. If Linda were innocent, then the two criminals in that row would have to be Josh and Murphy. But with Linda between them, those two would not be connected, which breaks Pip’s clue. So Linda must be criminal.
03.C1 · Cher → INNOCENT
Linda’s clue says exactly one farmer has an innocent directly to the right. Brittany is a farmer, and the person directly to her right is Cher. Since one farmer-right-of-innocent case is still needed, and the only remaining person who can provide that case is Cher, Cher has to be innocent. So Cher must be innocent.
04.B4 · Rob → CRIMINAL
Cher’s clue says Murphy has exactly 3 criminal neighbors, and exactly 1 of those criminal neighbors is below Linda. Among Murphy’s neighbors, the only person who is below Linda is Rob. So the one criminal neighbor of Murphy who is below Linda has to be Rob. That makes Rob criminal.
05.C2 · Henry → INNOCENT
Murphy’s neighbors must contain exactly 3 criminals in total. Linda and Rob are already known criminals there, so there is room for exactly 1 more criminal among the unknown neighbors. Cher’s clue says only 1 of Murphy’s neighboring criminals is below Linda. Rob is already that one criminal below Linda, so the remaining criminal among Murphy’s neighbors cannot be anyone below Linda. That leaves the extra criminal to come from Gary, Isaac, Tina, or Uma, not Henry. So Henry must be innocent.
06.B2 · Gary → INNOCENT
Row 2 has Franco, Gary, Henry, and Isaac, and Henry is innocent. Henry also says there is at least one innocent to his left, so either Franco or Gary must be innocent. Rob’s clue says all innocents in row 2 form one connected block. If Gary were criminal, then the innocent to Henry’s left would have to be Franco, leaving a gap between Franco and Henry in row 2, so the innocents there would not be connected. So Gary must be innocent.
07.B1 · Brittany → INNOCENT
Gary’s clue says Brittany is one of the exactly 13 innocents on the edge. That directly identifies Brittany as innocent. So Brittany must be innocent.
08.B5 · Wally → INNOCENT
Brittany's clue says there are exactly 3 innocents in column B. In that column, 2 people are already known to be innocent, and the only person there whose identity is still unknown is Wally. So the column still needs 1 more innocent, and Wally is the only person who can fill that spot. Therefore Wally must be innocent.
09.C5 · Xavi → INNOCENT
Wally’s clue says the number of criminal builders must equal the number of criminal singers. All builders are already identified, and none of them is a criminal, so the number of criminal builders is 0. If Xavi were a criminal, then the singers would have 1 criminal, which would not match the builders. So Xavi must be innocent.
10.A3 · Josh → INNOCENT
Xavi’s clue says Franco and Rob have exactly one innocent neighbor in common. The only people they have in common are Josh and Linda, and Linda is criminal. So the shared pair still needs one innocent, and Josh is the only person there who can fill it. That makes Josh innocent.
11.C3 · Murphy → CRIMINAL
Pip says both criminals in row 3 are connected. In row 3, Josh is innocent, Linda is criminal, Murphy is the only unknown, and Pip is innocent. If Murphy were innocent, then row 3 would not have both criminals connected as the clue requires. So Murphy at C3 must be criminal.
12.A4 · Quita → INNOCENT, D4 · Uma → INNOCENT
Josh’s clue says exactly 2 corner people have an innocent directly above them. Two such cases are still needed, and the only direct-above people left that can affect this clue are A4 Quita and D4 Uma. So both of those direct-above people have to be innocent to supply those two required cases. That makes Quita and Uma innocent.
13.A5 · Vera → INNOCENT
Among the judges, Murphy is criminal and Vera is the only judge not yet identified. Uma’s clue says exactly one innocent judge has an innocent directly to the right. There are no known innocent judges at all, so if Vera were criminal too, there would be no innocent judge who could satisfy Uma’s clue. So Vera at A5 must be innocent.
14.A1 · Alicia → INNOCENT, D5 · Zara → INNOCENT
Gary’s clue says there are exactly 13 innocents on the edge. There are 14 edge cells total, and 10 of them are already known innocents, so among the four unknown edge people, exactly one is a criminal. Vera’s clue says row 2 has more criminals than row 5. Since row 5 can have at most one criminal, that one edge criminal has to be in row 2, namely Franco or Isaac. That means the edge criminal cannot be Alicia or Zara. So Alicia and Zara must be innocent.
15.C4 · Tina → INNOCENT
Zara’s clue says column B is the only column with exactly 2 criminals. In column C, Murphy is already a criminal, and Tina is the only person there whose identity is not yet known. If Tina were a criminal, then column C would also have exactly 2 criminals, which Zara’s clue forbids. So Tina must be innocent.
16.D2 · Isaac → CRIMINAL
Cher’s clue says Murphy has exactly 3 criminal neighbors, and exactly 1 of those criminals is below Linda. The only neighbor of Murphy who is below Linda is Rob, and Rob is already criminal, so the one criminal below Linda is already accounted for. That means the other 2 criminal neighbors of Murphy must be among Murphy’s neighbors who are not below Linda. In that group, Linda is already one known criminal, and Gary, Henry, Pip, Tina, and Uma are innocent. The only person left there who can fill the remaining criminal spot is Isaac. So Isaac must be criminal.
17.A2 · Franco → INNOCENT
Gary’s clue says Brittany is one of exactly 13 innocents on the edge. In the edge cells, there are already 12 known innocents and 1 known criminal, with Franco at A2 as the only edge person not yet identified. If Franco were criminal, the edge would stay at only 12 innocents, which conflicts with the clue requiring 13. So Franco must be innocent.