Whereabouts

Miss Pell's case of the week · No. 1

The answer: The Empty Chair

A wet October evening, with rain on every window. When the lamps came back on, Harold lay in the Dining Room, and nobody had moved an inch.

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Every deduction, in order

  1. 1. Clue 1: Olive has 20 squares left.

    The plan after step 1.

  2. 2. Clue 2: Agatha has 11 squares left.

    The plan after step 2.

  3. 3. Clue 3: Edith must be somewhere in column 5.

    The plan after step 3.

  4. 4. Clue 4: Sam has 19 squares left.

    The plan after step 4.

  5. 5. Clue 5: Nora has 19 squares left.

    The plan after step 5.

  6. 6. Clue 6: Lucy must be somewhere in row 1.

    The plan after step 6.

  7. 7. Clue 7 settles it: Lucy is at R1C3.

    The plan after step 7.

  8. 8. Olive has only one square left: R2C2.

    The plan after step 8.

  9. 9. Edith has only one square left: R6C5.

    The plan after step 9.

  10. 10. Agatha has only one square left: R3C1.

    The plan after step 10.

  11. 11. Sam is the only suspect who can still stand in column 6, so they must be somewhere in it.

    The plan after step 11.

  12. 12. Sam has only one square left: R5C6.

    The plan after step 12.

  13. 13. Only one square is left for Nora, so Nora is at R4C4.

    The plan after step 13.

Who did it?

With the grid full, only Nora was in the Dining Room with Harold. Nora is the murderer.

The finished plan, every suspect placed.
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