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Oct 12, 2026 — Easy case
Three weeks before release, the secret ending of 'Midnight Mirage' leaked online with photographs from the set, and the film's opening weekend broke every record. The studio swore it would find the leaker. The leaker, it turns out, wrote the ending.
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
Iris the actor starts the case already proven a criminal:
The person to the right of Gemma is innocent.— Iris, actor (A3)
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: writers, makeup artists, actors, studio bosses, paparazzi. Clues about a role (“exactly one of the actors”) count everyone in it.
| Seat | Suspect | Role in this case | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Ada | writer | Scholar |
| B1 | Bea | makeup artist | Servant |
| C1 | Cora | actor | Artist |
| D1 | Dexter | studio boss | Noble |
| A2 | Esme | writer | Scholar |
| B2 | Felix | paparazzo | Rogue |
| C2 | Gemma | makeup artist | Servant |
| D2 | Hugo | paparazzo | Rogue |
| A3 | Iris | actor | Artist |
| B3 | Joan | writer | Scholar |
| C3 | Kofi | makeup artist | Servant |
| D3 | Lena | writer | Scholar |
| A4 | Marco | studio boss | Noble |
| B4 | Nico | actor | Artist |
| C4 | Olive | studio boss | Noble |
| D4 | Pia | paparazzo | 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 12, 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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