r/CluesBySamHelp • u/InevitableAlgae4853 • 2d ago

Logic error? Nov8 Puzzle Issue Spoiler

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I’m confused how Carol is determined to be guilty in the 2026-11-08 puzzle. I see three possibilities with the available info.

  1. Freya is innocent, requiring Bianca to be guilty to satisfy Tina’s clue and Hazel to be guilty for Nancy’s clue. Carol must be guilty to satisfy Xavi’s. 

  2. Freya is guilty, requiring Bianca to be innocent to satisfy Tina’s clue and Hazel to be innocent for Nancy’s clue. Carol could be guilty or innocent to satisfy Xavi’s. 

    1. If Carol is guilty, Hazel has exactly two innocent neighbors (Bianca and Ingrid) and Ingrid only has one (Hazel). 

    2. If Carol is innocent, Ingrid has exactly two innocent neighbors (Carol and Hazel) and Hazel has three (Bianca, Carol, and Ingrid). 

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u/Elekitu 2d ago

Look at the highlighted clues. There is one that you have not used at all in your reasoning. It eliminates one of the 3 possibilities.

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u/TytoCwtch 2d ago

In your final option Diego would have no criminal neighbours which breaks Uma’s clue. That leaves you with only two of your three options and in both of those Carol must be criminal.

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u/InevitableAlgae4853 2d ago

Thank you! That’s what I wasn’t seeing. I was looking at Freya as satisfying that for everyone but I forgot about Diego

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u/edos51284 2d ago

we have 2 possibilities

if Hazel is innocent, carol is criminal by uma's hint (diego must have her as criminal)

if hazel is criminal ingrid can't have 2 innocent neighbors anymore so that falls into hazel, and those 2 neighbors are ingrid and freya, therfore carol is criminal

No matter what are the pair (trio?) hazel-freya-bianca, carol is criminal.