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October 2026

82 case files from 26 days, each with spoiler-free hints. Every case has one answer you can prove without guessing.

Case filesOctober 202682 files · 26 days

26Oct · Mon

No. 0026-E Easy · 4×4A Station for Lower Codsall16 suspects · 13 statements Hints

No. 0026-M Medium · 4×5Three Hundred Thousand Too Many20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

No. 0026-H Hard · 4×5Three Hours of Fog in Bright Sunshine20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

25Oct · Sun

No. 0025-E Easy · 4×4Forty-One Rubbers in a Row16 suspects · 12 statements Hints

No. 0025-M Medium · 4×5The Loaf That Ticked20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0025-H Hard · 4×5An Allergy to Tuesdays20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

No. 0025-X Evil · 5×5Duck 1,417 Wins by Thirty Yards25 suspects · 19 statements Hints

24Oct · Sat

No. 0024-E Easy · 4×4The Grape Rustlers of Verlaine Hill16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0024-M Medium · 4×5Breakfast with the Gorillas20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

No. 0024-H Hard · 4×5The Favourite Who Took a Nap20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

23Oct · Fri

No. 0023-E Easy · 4×4The Collapse at Table Nine16 suspects · 13 statements Hints

No. 0023-M Medium · 4×5912 Flights Without Leaving Home20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

No. 0023-H Hard · 4×5Sold Out in Four Minutes20 suspects · 19 statements Hints

22Oct · Thu

No. 0022-E Easy · 4×4The Coffin Car to Vienna16 suspects · 15 statements Hints

No. 0022-M Medium · 4×5Sixty Places in the Trial20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

No. 0022-H Hard · 4×5Green Ink on Lilac Paper20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

21Oct · Wed

No. 0021-E Easy · 4×4The Okapi with the Question-Mark Scar16 suspects · 13 statements Hints

No. 0021-M Medium · 4×5Three Centimetres at the Post20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

No. 0021-H Hard · 4×5Everything Left Wearing a Coat20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

20Oct · Tue

No. 0020-E Easy · 4×4The Holding Pattern16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0020-M Medium · 4×5The Chandelier Falls at Eight20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0020-H Hard · 4×5The Ambassador's Missing Speech20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

19Oct · Mon

No. 0019-E Easy · 4×4The Painter Who Never Left His Room16 suspects · 15 statements Hints

No. 0019-M Medium · 4×5Who Sold the Village Green?20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0019-H Hard · 4×5The Iceberg Nobody Else Saw20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

18Oct · Sun

No. 0018-E Easy · 4×4The Horse with Painted Socks16 suspects · 12 statements Hints

No. 0018-M Medium · 4×5The Woman with the Wristwatch20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

No. 0018-H Hard · 4×5Lobster for the Whole Crew20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

No. 0018-X Evil · 5×5Two Million Votes from a Popcorn Trailer25 suspects · 20 statements Hints

17Oct · Sat

No. 0017-E Easy · 4×4Eleven Thousand Votes for a Small Room16 suspects · 12 statements Hints

No. 0017-M Medium · 4×5Eleven Small Words20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

No. 0017-H Hard · 4×5The Itch on the Catwalk20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

16Oct · Fri

No. 0016-E Easy · 4×4The Marrow That Came from Kent16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0016-M Medium · 4×5The Captain's Charity Auction20 suspects · 18 statements Hints

No. 0016-H Hard · 4×5The Grey Lady of Staircase Nine20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

15Oct · Thu

No. 0015-E Easy · 4×4The Clock That Kept Wrong Time16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0015-M Medium · 4×5The Postman's Screenplay20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0015-H Hard · 4×5Change from the Big Top20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

14Oct · Wed

No. 0014-E Easy · 4×4The Diplomatic Bags That Clinked16 suspects · 13 statements Hints

No. 0014-M Medium · 4×5Ninety Seconds Behind the Curtain20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0014-H Hard · 4×5The Song Beside Cashpoint Seven20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

13Oct · Tue

No. 0013-E Easy · 4×4Man Overboard at Midnight16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0013-M Medium · 4×5Eight Small Holes20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0013-H Hard · 4×5The Penalty in the Ninety-Third Minute20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

12Oct · Mon

No. 0012-E Easy · 4×4The Ending That Was Never Filmed16 suspects · 12 statements Hints

No. 0012-M Medium · 4×5The Lions Who Retired20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

No. 0012-H Hard · 4×5The Hacksaw Filed Under H20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

11Oct · Sun

No. 0011-E Easy · 4×4The Collection That Launched Early16 suspects · 13 statements Hints

No. 0011-M Medium · 4×5The Ambulance on Moorgate20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

No. 0011-H Hard · 4×5Gerald and the Four Hundred Rooms20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

No. 0011-X Evil · 5×5The Beast of Hampstead Heath25 suspects · 21 statements Hints

10Oct · Sat

No. 0010-E Easy · 4×4The Candidates Who Interviewed Twice16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0010-M Medium · 4×5The Trophy at Half-Time20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

No. 0010-H Hard · 4×5The Waterfall on Mars20 suspects · 18 statements Hints

9Oct · Fri

No. 0009-E Easy · 4×4The Clown Who Borrowed Your Watch16 suspects · 13 statements Hints

No. 0009-M Medium · 4×5Two Hundred Lucky Researchers20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

No. 0009-H Hard · 4×5Contraband on Chair Forty-Two20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

8Oct · Thu

No. 0008-E Easy · 4×4The Half-Penny Fortune16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0008-M Medium · 4×5The Fire Drill on the Fourth Floor20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0008-H Hard · 4×5The Stories They Didn't Print20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

7Oct · Wed

No. 0007-E Easy · 4×4Three Thousand Seats That Weren't16 suspects · 13 statements Hints

No. 0007-M Medium · 4×5The Moon Rock Swap20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0007-H Hard · 4×5The Séance at Morrow Hall20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

6Oct · Tue

No. 0006-E Easy · 4×4The Machine That Answered Too Well16 suspects · 13 statements Hints

No. 0006-M Medium · 4×5Lost Above the Treeline20 suspects · 18 statements Hints

No. 0006-H Hard · 4×5Blind Tasting at Château Morel20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

5Oct · Mon

No. 0005-E Easy · 4×4The Nocturne in the Palm Court16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0005-M Medium · 4×5Seven Across, Exam Season20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0005-H Hard · 4×5The Million on the Velvet Table20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

4Oct · Sun

No. 0004-E Easy · 4×4Scrubbed at T-Minus Ninety16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0004-M Medium · 4×5Lord Ashby's Treasure Hunt20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0004-H Hard · 4×5Murder Mystery on the Danube Star20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0004-X Evil · 5×5The Emerald That Went Under the Knife25 suspects · 21 statements Hints

3Oct · Sat

No. 0003-E Easy · 4×4The Swan with a Red Heart16 suspects · 12 statements Hints

No. 0003-M Medium · 4×5The Last Bottles of 194720 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0003-H Hard · 4×5Six Blue Eggs20 suspects · 16 statements Hints

2Oct · Fri

No. 0002-E Easy · 4×4Three Hundred Copies of a Lie16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0002-M Medium · 4×5The Wheel That Loved Seventeen20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0002-H Hard · 4×5The Flash Mob at Gate Twelve20 suspects · 15 statements Hints

1Oct · Thu

No. 0001-E Easy · 4×4The Second Duchess of Fenwick16 suspects · 14 statements Hints

No. 0001-M Medium · 4×5Eleven Minutes Under the Pyrenees20 suspects · 17 statements Hints

No. 0001-H Hard · 4×5The Patient Who Never Was20 suspects · 16 statements Hints