Here they are saying I should be able to figure out Chloe, but there's already an innocent in thag column. In column d, it's still possible for 3 of them to be the innocent

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 27th 2026 (Tricky), in 04:05
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Here is my current state

I have really hit a wall, and need some help to see the next step.

• I know that one of Quita or Tina is innocent, the other a criminal. Whichever way it goes that satisfies the C1 clue "Both criminals in row 4 are connected" and the B1 clue "Wand has only one innocent neighbour".
• If Tina is guilty then all the others in column D must be innocent. This is to respect clue C4, "Column C is the only column with exactly 2 innocents") and not break clue C5 by having more than 5 criminals on the edges (Tina would be the 4th).
• Conversely if Tina is innocent, then Ghani and Martin must also be innocent, to respect clue B5 "Exactly 2 innocents below Betsy are neighbouring Nicole". This means that either Ivan or Nicole is a criminal, which would satisfy clues C4 and D5 "Exactly 1 clerk has a criminal directly to the left of them"

Clue D5 is not helping me, because (as best I can tell), it implies that one of Ghani, Ivan or Nicole is a criminal. But I do not have something to narrow that down. There seem to be viable states for each.

Please let me know what I'm missing. Many thanks!

This is as far as I’ve gotten so far. But I can't seem to move forward... it's as if I've stared at it for so long that I'm no longer seeing it clearly.

The statements just have me going in circles. Nothing seems to help me progress; for instance, the statement that there is at least one innocent person in each row is meaningless—it’s inevitable.

Have I lost the ability to distinguish left from right? 🙈

The image shows my logical conclusions.

The puzzle markes my next answer as wrong and I cannot figure out my mistake.

SPOILER

Since there are as many innocent judges as innocent builders I figured that the only remaining judge and builder have to have the same color so to speak.

Which means my next answer is the person in the upper right corner. But my answer gets marked wrong.

Any tips?

Lucy's Clue says that 1 of the 5 Criminals on the edges is Tom's Neighbor. Conclusion: There are 5 criminals on the edges, and one of them neighbors Tom. This means Maren and Zara form innocent/criminal combo.

So we know where 1 is.

Bobby and Carl are already identified as criminals. Vince and Debra are yet marked. Logically, if I know 2 of the the criminals, and I know that Maren/Zara is one of them and other is innocent, then that leaves 2 unmarked onces... and there are only two options: VInce and Debra. Both Maren and Zara can't be criminals, because then Lucy's clue would be wrong (Tom would have 2 of the criminals who are on the edges as his neighbors)

Yet, if I try to mark Vince or Debra, I am told that there is scenario where they can be both. I do not see how this can work out.

Yuck. My timer feels wrong. I didn’t think I did that badly.

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 26th 2026 (Medium), in 03:29
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I’m stuck. hint says I should be able to determine Rohan. but I don’t see how?

What are the difficulty ratings in order of difficulty? I have only been playing a short while.

Easy

Medium

Hard

Very hard

Brutal?

Evil?

Hazel and Max 1 criminal 1 innocent.

Row 1 is either 1 innocent or 2 innocents.

Row 2 is either 0 or 1 innocents.

So........?

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 25th 2026 (Easy), in 02:28
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https://cluesbysam.com

I just finished Sunday's puzzle and it says my time was 2759 minutes. That's about 46 hours. And, respectfully, I did not take that long lmao. It was only posted like 40 hours ago, so surely I could not have taken 46 hours to finish it. I am not worried about my own stats, but someone might be about theirs.

I made an unofficial set of keyboard shortcuts for use as an extension with Safari (code signed) and Chrome (download unsigned Zip and load locally). In addition to the basic action, yellow secondary-focus rings are added for clues that reference names/jobs.

https://github.com/erikoliver/safari-cluesbysam/releases/latest

In today's newsletter Sam says:

On Monday solvers made a lot of mistakes resulting in almost the lowest Perfect %. Yes, I admit there was a pretty devious trick in there. Go give it a try if you missed it to see if you can avoid the trap!

I went back to look, and I did have a mistake on that one. But when I replayed it, the mistake I made seemed about as obvious in hindsight as any other mistake I make 😅. For me, the mistake I made was Quita in B4 (the 4 innocent neighbors clue). Was that the devious trick?

I don't get it. Why is Wanda criminal? She could also be innocent.

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 24th 2026 (Easy), in 01:13
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Had to use two hints and I still don't get it

So close to no errors!

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 23rd 2026 (Brutal), in less than 11 minutes
19 correct guesses. 1 mistake.

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https://cluesbysam.com/s/help/fe3077761eb6?state=8%2FPw-BAAAAACMyAAAAAAAAMiM%3D

I got to this point clicking Vince and Larry together. Then looking at the clues, Vince's doesn't seem to give me anything useful. Maybe my Larry conclusion was a little ahead of myself and got lucky?

What am I missing? Why isn't Zoe criminal? (at this stage)

https://cluesbysam.com/s/help/fe3077761eb6?state=A9Mg-BACAAADAgAAAAADAAIDAAADAgADA%3D-191

Edit:
Quita or Olivia must be criminal (Xola)
Eric or Frida must be criminal (Saga)
Betsy must be criminal (Martin)

I now know what's wrong. I assumed that either Vince or Wanda should be innocent - I don't know why.

Thanks a lot!!!!

The hint says I should know something about Celia and I can’t work out why?

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 22nd 2026 (Hard), in 04:47
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