Puzzle Pack #1 Puzzle 44 Answer

Vince’s clue says column B has exactly 3 criminals, and exactly 2 of those criminals are Helen’s neighbors. So in column B, exactly 1 criminal is not a neighbor of Helen. The people in column B who are not neighbors of Helen are Olive and Vince, and Vince is already innocent. That leaves Olive as the one criminal there, so Olive must be criminal.

Olive’s clue says both criminals in row 4 are Vince’s neighbors. The people strictly between Nicole and Steve are Olive and Ruby, and both of them are Vince’s neighbors. Since one of those two is already known to be Olive the criminal, the other row 4 criminal accounted for by the clue must be Ruby, not Steve. So Steve must be innocent.

Column B must contain exactly 3 criminals, and since Olive is already a criminal and Vince is already innocent, the three unknown people in that column contain exactly 1 innocent person. From these clues, the only people in that group who can still be that innocent are Gabe and Keith. So Ben cannot be the innocent person there. That makes Ben criminal.

Joyce’s neighbors contain exactly 3 criminals in total, and exactly 2 of those criminals are also neighbors of Tom. In the overlap between Joyce’s neighbors and Tom’s neighbors, Olive is already a known criminal, and the only other unknown person there is Nicole. So that overlap still needs one more criminal, and Nicole must be that person. That makes Nicole criminal.