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Every verdict in the Easy case “The Collapse at Table Nine”, in an order where each step is proven by the statements already on file.
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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. The order below is one valid route; any order where each verdict is proven when you enter it reaches the same answer.
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Start: Iris (A3) begins the case proven innocent.
Both of the singers in my column are innocent.— Iris, singer (A3)
Step 1: Mila (A4, singer) is innocent. This follows from Iris’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Step 2: Pia (D4, dealer) is innocent. This follows from Mila’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Pia and I share the same verdict: both criminal or both innocent.— Mila, singer (A4)
Step 3: Ned (B4, valet) is a criminal. This follows from Pia’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Everyone between me and Mila is a criminal.— Pia, dealer (D4)
Step 4: Dina (D1, medic) is innocent. This follows from Ned’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Exactly one of Dina and me is a criminal.— Ned, valet (B4)
Step 5: Hattie (D2, medic) is a criminal. This follows from Dina’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Exactly one of Hattie and me is innocent.— Dina, medic (D1)
Step 6: Amir (A1, dealer) is a criminal. This follows from Hattie’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Amir and I are either both criminals or both innocent.— Hattie, medic (D2)
Step 7: Felix (B2, dealer) is innocent. This follows from Amir’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
The person between Basil and Juno is innocent.— Amir, dealer (A1)
Step 8: Greta (C2, pit boss) is a criminal. This follows from Felix’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Everyone to my right is a criminal.— Felix, dealer (B2)
Step 9: Emil (A2, pit boss) is a criminal. This follows from Greta’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
There is exactly one criminal to my left.— Greta, pit boss (C2)
Step 10: Juno (B3, valet) is innocent. This follows from Emil’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Exactly one of the three valets is a criminal.— Emil, pit boss (A2)
Step 11: Leo (D3, valet) is innocent. This follows from Emil’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Step 12: Cora (C1, singer) is innocent. This follows from Leo’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Exactly one of Amir and Cora is innocent.— Leo, valet (D3)
Step 13: Basil (B1, pit boss) is a criminal. This follows from Cora’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Everyone to my left is a criminal.— Cora, singer (C1)
Step 14: Omar (C4, pit boss) is a criminal. This follows from Pia’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Step 15: Kurt (C3, dealer) is innocent. This follows from Juno’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Exactly four of my eight neighbors are criminals.— Juno, valet (B3)
The final lineup
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amir criminal | Basil criminal | Cora innocent | Dina innocent |
| 2 | Emil criminal | Felix innocent | Greta criminal | Hattie criminal |
| 3 | Iris innocent | Juno innocent | Kurt innocent | Leo innocent |
| 4 | Mila innocent | Ned criminal | Omar criminal | Pia innocent |
What happened
The high roller had never been healthier. Hattie, the casino medic — a sweet old dear nobody had ever suspected of anything — performed her loudest, longest resuscitation with her back to the table, while Basil, Emil, Greta and Omar, four pit bosses who had all been passed over for promotion, crowded in to 'clear space' and swept the chips into a first-aid blanket. Amir, the dealer, carried on dealing to an empty seat as if nothing had happened, which is exactly what made it look as though nothing had. Ned, a valet, drove the 'ambulance' — his own car, with a blue light from a fancy-dress shop.