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Oct 13, 2026 — Easy case
At midnight in the mid-Atlantic, the SS Aurora's alarm sounded: a millionaire passenger had gone over the rail. After a nine-hour search he was declared lost at sea, and the life-insurance claim was paid within a month. On Tuesday he was photographed buying ice cream in Lisbon.
This Easy case seats 16 suspects on a 4×4 grid. 14 of them carry a clue; the other 2 only have something to say about themselves. Every step can be proven from a single clue plus what you already know. Every verdict you enter is checked against all the scenarios that still fit the statements on file, so a move only sticks when it is proven.
The opening statement
Greta the captain starts the case already proven innocent:
The person above me is a criminal.— Greta, captain (C2)
The lineup
Suspects stand in alphabetical order, left to right and top to bottom. Each belongs to one of Clues & Culprits’ twelve character classes — the badge on their nameplate. This case uses 5 of them, each cast as a role in the setting: radio officers, captains, millionaires, pursers, card sharks. Clues about a role (“exactly one of the captains”) count everyone in it.
| Seat | Suspect | Role in this case | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Arlo | radio officer | Courier |
| B1 | Basil | captain | Official |
| C1 | Celia | millionaire | Noble |
| D1 | Dev | purser | Merchant |
| A2 | Emil | captain | Official |
| B2 | Felix | card shark | Rogue |
| C2 | Greta | captain | Official |
| D2 | Hugo | card shark | Rogue |
| A3 | Idris | purser | Merchant |
| B3 | Juno | radio officer | Courier |
| C3 | Kurt | card shark | Rogue |
| D3 | Leo | radio officer | Courier |
| A4 | Marco | millionaire | Noble |
| B4 | Ned | radio officer | Courier |
| C4 | Olive | millionaire | Noble |
| D4 | Percy | purser | Merchant |
Stuck?
The in-game hint first points at the statement to re-read, then at the suspect you can prove, then shows the proof. For a gentler nudge, open the spoiler-free hints for Oct 13, 2026, or press Share to send a friend your exact board. New to the format? The deduction-puzzle guide covers the habits that unlock every step.
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