Puzzle Pack #2 Puzzle 27 Answer

Isaac is at C2, so the people to his left in the same row are Gus at A2 and Hank at B2. Zara’s clue says there are exactly 2 innocents to the left of Isaac. Since those are the only two people to Isaac’s left, both of them must be innocents. Therefore, we can determine that A2 is INNOCENT and B2 is INNOCENT.

Oscar is at A4, so his neighbors are A3, B3, A5, and B5. In row 3, the three innocents must be A3, B3, C3, and D3 with exactly one of them not innocent, and among those four row-3 people only A3 and B3 are Oscar's neighbors while C3 and D3 are not. Hank says only 1 of the 3 innocents in row 3 is Oscar's neighbor. Since the only row-3 neighbors Oscar has are A3 and B3, exactly one of A3 and B3 is innocent. That means the other two innocents in row 3 must be the non-neighbors C3 and D3. Therefore, we can determine that C3 is INNOCENT and D3 is INNOCENT.

Chloe is at B1, so the people below her are Hank at B2, Linda at B3, Paula at B4, and Vera at B5. Noah’s clue says there are exactly two criminals among those four, and those two criminals must be connected in that column, so they have to be next to each other vertically. Since Hank at B2 is innocent, the only possible connected pair below Chloe is Paula at B4 and Vera at B5. Therefore, we can determine that B4 is CRIMINAL.

Paula says column B has exactly 2 innocents. In column B, Hank at B2 is already innocent and Paula at B4 is criminal, so among Chloe at B1, Linda at B3, and Vera at B5 there can be only one more innocent in total. Noah says both criminals below Chloe are connected. The people below Chloe in column B are Hank, Linda, Paula, and Vera, and since Hank is innocent while Paula is criminal, the two criminals below Chloe must be Linda and Paula, because those are the connected ones. That makes Vera innocent, which uses up the only remaining innocent allowed in column B besides Hank. So Chloe cannot also be innocent. Therefore, we can determine that B1 is CRIMINAL.