During a recent police investigation, Chief Inspector Stone was interviewing five local villains to try and identify who stole the prize cake from the mid-summers fayre. Below is a summary of their statements:
Alex: it wasn't Emery
it was Billie
Billie: it wasn't Charlie
it wasn't Emery
Charlie: it was Emery
it wasn't Alex
Dale: it was Charlie
it was Billie
Emery: it was Dale
it wasn't Alex
It was well known that each suspect told exactly one lie. Can you determine who stole the cake?
Reasoning
Looking at Billie's statements, one of the statements was a lie and the other was the truth. Therefore, it must have been either Charlie or Emery.
Looking at Dale's statements, for the same reason, it was either Charlie or Billie.
Therefore, it must have been Charlie who committed the crime.
Double-checking this against the other statements confirms this.
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Puzzle 2
Which word does not belong with the others:
dgo act ehors ceffio elrttu ekmnoy
The others are animals:
dgo = dog
act = cat
ehors = horse
ceffio = office
elrttu = turtle
ekmnoy = monkey
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Puzzle 3
Place letters into the grid such that every row, column, and 2 x 2 block has letters (in any order) that form a common word. Each letter is only used once, and no letter is repeated in the rows / cols / blocks.
Letters allowed: T U R K E Y
O
C
S
L
D
A
K
B
S
I
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Across: SOCK, DULY, BARK, TIES
Down : TALK, YOKE, CUBS, RIDS
Boxes : YOLK, CUDS, TAKE, RIBS
Other anagrams of these words are OK as long as they don't change the answer grid.
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Puzzle 4
These five business people represented different companies at a recent trade fair. Unfortunately, the hotel they were all due to stay in had accidentally double booked their rooms. They tried other hotels in the area but all were fully booked. Consequently, they all agreed to share the only two rooms available in the hotel, one twin and one triple.
From the clues, can you work out each person's name, company and official title?
When the five realised their dilemma, they drew straws to see who would share with whom. The outcome for four of them was that the CEO shared with the business person from ABM Inc. and Glenn shared with the Developer. Alex does not work for Reed Right and is not the Director. The Director does not work for Lantel or Blue Teeth. Neither Clarkson nor Grimaldi works for Reed Right. Grimaldi is either the IT Analyst or the CEO. The business person from Reed Right did not share a room with Taylor. Clarkson, who does not work for Lantel, shared with either Taylor or Grimaldi but not both. Glenn's surname is either Casson or Graves. Glenn did not share with Charlie. The business person from Chiptech shared with the business person from Lantel. The CEO shared with the IT Analyst. Casson works for either Blue Teeth or Chiptech. Neither Jesse nor Alex works for ABM Inc. Fielder shared with the Director. The business person from Blue Teeth shared with the Developer.
First names : Alex, Charlie, Glenn, Jesse, Taylor.
Last names : Casson, Clarkson, Fielder, Graves, Grimaldi.
Company : ABM Inc., Blue Teeth, Chiptech, Lantel, Reed Right.
Position : Accountant, CEO, Developer, Director, IT Analyst.
Answer First Last Name Company Position Charlie Grimaldi ABM Inc. IT Analyst Glenn Casson Chiptech Director Jesse Graves Reed Right CEO Alex Clarkson Blue Teeth Accountant Taylor Fielder Lantel Developer
To solve this puzzle, you first need to determine who shared which room with whom. Three delegates shared the triple and two shared the twin. The CEO shared with the business person from ABM in one room and Glenn shared with the Developer in the other (1). Since Grimaldi is either the IT Analyst or the CEO (3) and the CEO shared with the IT Analyst, Grimaldi is in the same room as whoever is the CEO, IT Analyst and ABM delegate although Grimaldi could have been one of these people. Glenn did not share with Charlie (6) so Charlie is in the same bedroom as, and possibly is, the CEO, IT Analyst, Grimaldi and / or the ABM delegate. Grimaldi and Taylor were in different rooms so Taylor shared a room with Clarkson (5) and the Reed Right delegate was in a different room to Taylor. At this stage we know:
Room 1
CEO
IT Analyst
ABM delegate
Grimaldi
Charlie
Reed Right delegate
Room 2
Glenn
Developer
Taylor
Clarkson
Since the Chiptech delegate shared with the Lantel delegate (7), both of these must have been in room 2 otherwise there would be four delegates in room 1 which is not possible.
Now this has been ascertained, the puzzle can be solved:
The CEO shared with the IT Analyst so the IT Analyst must work for ABM (Clues 1 and 8) so the CEO must work for Reed Right. Since Grimaldi does not work for Reed Right, they must be the IT Analyst. Clarkson, Fielder and Casson are in room 2 so the CEO must be Graves. Graves is not Glenn (1), Taylor (4), Charlie (IT Analyst) or Alex (2) so must be Jesse. Clarkson is not Taylor (5), Glenn (6), Charlie or Jesse (in room 1) so must be Alex. The Director does not work for Lantel or Blue Teeth (2), Reed Right or ABM (room 1) so must work for Chiptech. This is not Graves or Grimaldi (room 1), Clarkson (2) or Fielder (11) so must be Casson. Since Graves' first name is Jesse, Casson must be Glenn (6). Alex Clarkson does not work for Reed Right or ABM (room 1), Lantel (5) or Chiptech so must work for Blue Teeth. Since they are not the Developer (12) they must be the Accountant. This leaves Taylor Fielder who is the Developer for Lantel.
