Puzzle Pack #1 Puzzle 36 Answer

Julie’s clue directly says that Vince is one of the innocents below Floyd. Since the clue itself names Vince as an innocent, Vince must be innocent.

Vince’s clue says Ronald has exactly 5 innocent neighbors, and none of those innocents is also Floyd’s neighbor. The only people who are both Ronald’s neighbors and Floyd’s neighbors are Kyle and Lucy. Since exactly 0 of Ronald’s innocent neighbors can be in that shared group, Kyle and Lucy cannot be innocent. So Kyle and Lucy must be criminals.

Julie says Vince is one of two or more innocents below Floyd. In the people strictly between Kyle and Vince, the only person is Paula, and there are no known innocents there yet. So Vince cannot be the only innocent in that stretch, which means Paula must be innocent.

Ronald has exactly 5 innocent neighbors. Vince also says that none of those 5 innocent neighbors is a neighbor of Floyd, and among Ronald's neighbors the only people who are also Floyd's neighbors are Kyle and Lucy, who are both already criminals, so all 5 innocent neighbors of Ronald must come from the other six neighbors: Paula, Vince, Mary, Scott, Wanda, and Xavi. That already includes Paula and Vince as known innocents, so Ronald still needs 3 more innocent neighbors chosen from Mary, Scott, Wanda, and Xavi. Kyle's clue says all innocents in column C are connected, and in column C the people between Debra and Xavi are Isaac, Mary, and Scott. With Scott in Ronald's neighborhood and in column C, this clue pins Scott into that connected innocent group in column C. So Scott must be innocent.