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Oct 7, 2026 — Easy case
On cup final day, three thousand fans arrived at Ashgate Park holding tickets that scanned green at the turnstiles. Inside, they found someone already sitting in every one of their seats.
This Easy case seats 16 suspects on a 4×4 grid. 13 of them carry a clue; the other 3 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
Olive the club owner starts the case already proven innocent:
The person between Kofi and Iris is innocent.— Olive, club owner (C4)
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: ticket touts, kit managers, mascots, club owners, data analysts. Clues about a role (“exactly one of the club owners”) count everyone in it.
| Seat | Suspect | Role in this case | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Amir | ticket tout | Rogue |
| B1 | Bea | kit manager | Servant |
| C1 | Cora | mascot | Artist |
| D1 | Dexter | club owner | Noble |
| A2 | Esme | data analyst | Scholar |
| B2 | Felix | ticket tout | Rogue |
| C2 | Gemma | kit manager | Servant |
| D2 | Hugo | ticket tout | Rogue |
| A3 | Iris | mascot | Artist |
| B3 | Joan | data analyst | Scholar |
| C3 | Kofi | kit manager | Servant |
| D3 | Lena | data analyst | Scholar |
| A4 | Marco | club owner | Noble |
| B4 | Nico | mascot | Artist |
| C4 | Olive | club owner | Noble |
| D4 | Pia | ticket tout | 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 7, 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 6, 2026 — The Machine That Answered Too Well
- Next Easy: Oct 8, 2026 — The Half-Penny Fortune
- Clue types in this case: Between clues · Row and column clues · Same-verdict and exactly-one clues · Above, below, left and right
- All October 2026 cases · More cases in football clubs · Meet the cast