Puzzle Pack #2 Puzzle 39 Answer

Henry is innocent, so his clue is true. Vicky is at A5, and her neighbors are only Rob at A4, Stella at B4, and Wally at B5, so when Henry says Wally is one of Vicky's 2 criminal neighbors, that directly includes Wally among those criminal neighbors. Therefore, we can determine that B5, Wally, is CRIMINAL.

Donna is at B1, so the people below her are B2, B3, B4, and B5. Wally’s clue says exactly 3 of those 4 people are innocent. We already know B2 is innocent and B5 is criminal, so the only way to have exactly 3 innocents below Donna is for both remaining people there, B3 and B4, to be innocent. Therefore, we can determine that B3 is INNOCENT and B4 is INNOCENT.

Vicky is at A5, so her neighbors are A4, B4, and B5. Henry says Vicky has exactly 2 criminal neighbors, and we already know B5, Wally, is one of them while B4, Stella, is innocent. That leaves A4, Rob, as the only possible second criminal neighbor of Vicky. Therefore, we can determine that A4 is CRIMINAL.

Stella is at B4, so her three innocent neighbors are the already-known innocents Nick at B3, Henry at B2, and Wally cannot count because he is criminal, so the clue is talking about exactly two among B3, B2, and whichever third neighbor of Stella is innocent. The people who also neighbor Joy at C2 are B1, C1, D1, B2, D2, B3, C3, and D3, so among Stella’s known innocent neighbors, Henry at B2 and Nick at B3 already both neighbor Joy. That means the count of Stella’s innocent neighbors who also neighbor Joy is already exactly 2, so Stella’s remaining innocent neighbor cannot also neighbor Joy. Among Stella’s unknown neighbors, the only one that is an innocent neighbor of Stella but does not neighbor Joy is Ollie at C3. Therefore, we can determine that C3 is INNOCENT.