Puzzle Pack #1 Puzzle 40 Answer

Larry’s clue says the people strictly between Jane and Martin contain exactly one innocent. That group already has one known innocent, Larry. The only unknown person left in that same group is Karen, so Karen cannot be the innocent there. So Karen must be criminal.

Between Alex and Jane, the only person is Freya. Karen's clue says that this between group contains exactly 2 criminals in total, and exactly 1 of those criminals is a neighbor of Freya, which means exactly 1 of them is not a neighbor of Freya. In that between group, the only person who is not a neighbor of Freya is Freya herself, and there are no known criminals there yet. So Freya must be criminal.

Freya’s clue says that among Nick’s two criminal neighbors, exactly one is in column B. In Nick’s neighbors who are in column B, Karen is already known to be a criminal. That means the other column B neighbors of Nick, Olof and Wanda, cannot also be criminals. So Olof and Wanda must be innocent.

The only clue that could matter for Nick here is Freya’s clue. It says Nick has exactly 2 criminal neighbors, and exactly 1 of those criminal neighbors is in column B. Among Nick’s neighbors, the people in column B are Karen, Olof, and Wanda, and only Karen is already a criminal there. So the second criminal neighbor has to be one of the neighbors not in column B, namely Jane or Vince, which accounts for both criminal neighbors already. This leaves Nick as innocent.