Puzzle Pack #1 Puzzle 38 Answer

Kyle’s clue says that Rob is one of two or more innocents in column C. Since Kyle himself is at C3 and is already known to be innocent, column C already has one innocent there. For Rob to be one of at least two innocents in that same column, Rob must also be innocent. Therefore, we can determine that C4 is INNOCENT.

Rob is at C4, and Xia at C5 is one of Rob's neighbors. Rob's clue says that Xia is one of his 5 innocent neighbors, so Xia is directly identified as innocent. Therefore, we can determine that C5 is INNOCENT.

Flora is at B2, so her neighbors are A1, B1, C1, A2, C2, A3, B3, and C3. The clue says both criminals in row 1 are Flora’s neighbors, so the two criminals in row 1 must be among A1, B1, and C1, because D1 is the only person in row 1 who is not next to Flora. That leaves no way for D1 to be one of the two criminals in that row. Therefore, we can determine that D1 is INNOCENT.

To the right of Amy are Brian, Chris, and Donna. Donna says there are more innocents than criminals among those three, and Donna herself is already known to be innocent, so that group must contain at least two innocents. Xia says the two criminals in row 1 are both neighbors of Flora, and Flora’s row-1 neighbors are exactly A1, B1, and C1, so the row-1 criminals must be two of Amy, Brian, and Chris. That means among Brian, Chris, and Donna there can be only one criminal, so Amy has to be the other criminal in row 1. Therefore, we can determine that A1 is CRIMINAL.