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Oct 8, 2026 — Medium case
At 2:15 a.m. a fire alarm emptied the fourth floor of the Grand Meridian, where an entire wedding party was asleep. There was no fire. When the guests came back up from the street in their dressing gowns, thirty-one room safes stood open and empty.
This Medium case seats 20 suspects on a 4×5 grid. 17 of them carry a clue; the other 3 only have something to say about themselves. 2 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. 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
Quinn the sommelier starts the case already proven innocent:
The person to the left of Nico is a criminal.— Quinn, sommelier (A5)
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 6 of them, each cast as a role in the setting: bartenders, hotel managers, jewellers, sommeliers, caretakers, pianists. Clues about a role (“exactly one of the sommeliers”) count everyone in it.
| Seat | Suspect | Role in this case | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Amir | bartender | Rogue |
| B1 | Basil | hotel manager | Official |
| C1 | Cal | jeweller | Merchant |
| D1 | Dev | jeweller | Merchant |
| A2 | Esme | sommelier | Scholar |
| B2 | Felix | bartender | Rogue |
| C2 | Greta | hotel manager | Official |
| D2 | Hugo | bartender | Rogue |
| A3 | Ivan | caretaker | Laborer |
| B3 | Joan | sommelier | Scholar |
| C3 | Kira | pianist | Artist |
| D3 | Lena | sommelier | Scholar |
| A4 | Mila | pianist | Artist |
| B4 | Nico | pianist | Artist |
| C4 | Otto | caretaker | Laborer |
| D4 | Pia | bartender | Rogue |
| A5 | Quinn | sommelier | Scholar |
| B5 | Rufus | caretaker | Laborer |
| C5 | Suki | hotel manager | Official |
| D5 | Tariq | jeweller | 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 8, 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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