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Oct 17, 2026 — Easy case
'The Lighthouse Keeper' won the city's audience vote for Best New Play by eleven thousand votes — remarkable, given that the Wren Playhouse seats four hundred and the play ran for only three weeks.
This Easy case seats 16 suspects on a 4×4 grid. 12 of them carry a clue; the other 4 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
Celia the patron starts the case already proven a criminal:
The person between Nico and Pia is innocent.— Celia, patron (C1)
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: playwrights, ushers, patrons, leading actors, understudies. Clues about a role (“exactly one of the patrons”) count everyone in it.
| Seat | Suspect | Role in this case | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Ada | playwright | Scholar |
| B1 | Bea | usher | Servant |
| C1 | Celia | patron | Noble |
| D1 | Dexter | patron | Noble |
| A2 | Ezra | leading actor | Artist |
| B2 | Felix | understudy | Rogue |
| C2 | Gemma | usher | Servant |
| D2 | Hugo | understudy | Rogue |
| A3 | Iris | leading actor | Artist |
| B3 | Joan | playwright | Scholar |
| C3 | Kofi | usher | Servant |
| D3 | Lena | playwright | Scholar |
| A4 | Marco | patron | Noble |
| B4 | Nico | leading actor | Artist |
| C4 | Olive | patron | Noble |
| D4 | Pia | understudy | Rogue |
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 17, 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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- Previous Easy: Oct 16, 2026 — The Marrow That Came from Kent
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