Puzzle Pack #2 Puzzle 38 Answer

Aaron’s clue is about Katie at B3. Katie’s neighbors are A2 Flora, B2 Gary, C2 Hilda, A3 Jason, C3 Noah, A4 Paula, B4 Sam, and C4 Tina, and the clue says Flora is one of Katie’s 6 criminal neighbors. So Flora must be one of those criminals around Katie. Therefore, we can determine that A2 is CRIMINAL.

Flora tells us that Hilda is one of Olof's 4 criminal neighbors. Since everyone tells the truth, that statement directly says Hilda is a criminal. Therefore, we can determine that C2 is CRIMINAL.

Olof is at D3, and his neighbors are C2, C3, D2, C4, and D4. Flora says Hilda at C2 is one of Olof’s 4 criminal neighbors, so Olof has exactly 4 criminal neighbors in total. Since C2 is already one of them, the only way to reach 4 among those five neighboring spots is for C3, D2, C4, and D4 to be criminal as well. That makes Noah at C3 a criminal, and it also fits Hilda’s clue that all criminals in column C are connected because C2 and C3 then touch vertically. Therefore, we can determine that C3 is CRIMINAL.

Olof is at D3, so his neighbors are C2 Hilda, C3 Noah, C4 Tina, D2 Isaac, and D4 Uma. Flora says Hilda is one of Olof's 4 criminal neighbors, so Olof has exactly 4 criminal neighbors in total. Noah says exactly 1 innocent in row 4 is neighboring Olof; the row 4 neighbors of Olof are only C4 Tina and D4 Uma, so exactly one of those two is innocent and the other is criminal. That means among Olof's five neighbors, the two already known criminals are Hilda and Noah, row 4 contributes exactly one more criminal, and so the remaining criminal neighbor must be D2 Isaac. Therefore, we can determine that D2 Isaac is CRIMINAL.