A FEW CLUES. A LITTLE CURIOSITY.
The Little Village
Logic Club
A slow kettle, a cake stand, a handful of misplaced parcels. Thirty-six small village muddles, waiting for a pencil and a little thought.
36 Large-Print Puzzles with Gentle Clues, Helpful Hints and Step-by-Step Solutions
PDF · 29 pages · Includes grids, hints and worked answers
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FROM THE BOOK · PUZZLE 01
The early kettle
Start with three neighbours, three drinks and three places in line. New to logic grids? Follow our step-by-step solving guide.
At the village cafe, three neighbours collect a different drink each. The kettle is slow, so only one order is ready at a time. Match each neighbour with a drink and work out the order in which the three drinks are collected.
- The neighbours
- Amira · Ben · Cleo
- The drinks
- Mint tea · Cocoa · Coffee
Use a pencil and paper to note who comes first, second and third, and which drink each person collects. Each person and drink has a different place.
Your three clues
- The Mint tea entry is earlier in the order than Cleo.
- The Coffee entry is not first.
- Amira is immediately before the Mint tea entry.
“Earlier” can mean any earlier place. “Immediately before” means the place directly before.
A small nudge
Clue 1: Mint tea must be first or second.
If the Mint tea entry were third, there would be no later place for Cleo.
See the answer and how it follows
| Place | Person | Drink |
|---|---|---|
| First | Amira | Cocoa |
| Second | Ben | Mint tea |
| Third | Cleo | Coffee |
- Mint tea is before Cleo, so it cannot be third.
- Amira is immediately before Mint tea, so Mint tea cannot be first either. Mint tea is second and Amira is first.
- Cleo comes after Mint tea, so Cleo is third. That leaves second place for Ben.
- Coffee is not first, and Mint tea is second. Coffee is third, leaving Cocoa first.
Every clue fits. The book includes a separate hint and a worked solution for every puzzle.
KEEP A LITTLE VILLAGE ON YOUR TABLE
Five more muddles
to make sense of.
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