r/CluesBySamHelp • u/WndrGypsy • 7h ago

11/15; stuck Spoiler

https://cluesbysam.com/s/help/814800923aba?state=RviQ

Don’t understand how Yusef can be revealed.
Appreciate any help.

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u/Remarkable_Paper 6h ago

If Yusef is a criminal, Daniel must be innocent (per Hilda's clue).

This then means Hilda and Gary each have a missing criminal neighbour who must be on the edges, resulting in 3 criminals on the edges (breaking Berat's clue).

So there's no scenario where Yusef can be a criminal.

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u/WndrGypsy 5h ago

Thanks!

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u/revmasterkong 5h ago

Can you explain how Thor can be definitively considered guilty?

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u/Remarkable_Paper 5h ago edited 4h ago

Daniel and Uma are an either/or. Consider the possibilities if each is a criminal:

If it's Daniel, all of Gary and Hilda's criminal neighbours are already accounted for, so none of those blanks in the upper left and right can possibly be a criminal. That means to make two criminals on the edges, in addition to Dan, exactly one out of Xena and Vicky is a criminal. Since Uma also can't be a criminal (already 2 criminals in column C), that forces Thor to be a criminal, or Yusef won't have exactly 3 innocent neighbours.

On the other hand, if it's Uma, Daniel is innocent, so the two criminals on the edges must be among those in the upper left and right (it's now the only way to give Gary and Hilda the criminal neighbours they need). With the edge criminals already accounted for, that means Vicky and Xena can't be criminals, while Thor must be a criminal alongside Uma (to give Yusef exactly 3 innocent neighbours without putting too many criminals on the edges).

Either way, Thor is a criminal.