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werc
care)ess.
you
mighl
witho'.rt
*rinking
put
an
X
into
!-
the
intersection
of
'Gunted
and
fiing
cobra'
Does
Mr. Gunter{
ownthe
king
cobra?
Well,
maybehe
dnes
and
maybe he
doeso't.
i
bul
clue
5really doesnt
say
anl'thing
about
it.
Read each
cluef,
carefirllyand
think
about
whatit's really
saying;
if
you
jump
to
I
a
wrongconclusion
now,you'lJ be
confilsed
later
on.
1
Now
we can
se€
at
a
glance
lhat
Abnerisn't
Mr.
Engels,
Mr.
I
Foster,
orMr.
Cunl,er.We can make
a
deduction:
Abner
must
t
be
Mr.
Halew.
We'tl
pr-rt
a
large
dot
(meaning
:yes')
in
theI
intersection
of
'Abner" and-Halera."And
that meals
we
can
-l
alsoput
)Cs
in
rheintarseclions
of
fialeqa
and
"Bruce."
'Chuck,"
ll
ar|d
-'Duare."
\^/henever
youadd
a
dot
to
lhe
grid, be
sure
ln',
add any
Ks
youcan:
Lhej,4l
ofien
lead
to
more
dedtrctions
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If
you'venever
solved
a
logic
puzzlebefore,
this
introduction
wiil
show
you how.
We'll
take
you
step
by
step
through
twosimple
logicpuzzles,
and
give
you
some
solving
tips
along
the
way.
i
logicp,.,zrl"
is a
test
ofyour
abihLy
to thinkclearly
You
don'r
need
dictionaries
or
other
reference
books
tosolve
a
logic
puzzle,
just
apencilandplentyof
common
sense'
-
Usualiy,
a logic
puzzleasks
you
to
matchup
sets
of things'
Forexanple.youmight
be
told
lhat
four
men
each
own
anexotic
pet,
and
to
solve
the
puzzleyou'd-match
up
eachman's
firstnime
\
/ith
his last
name
andhis
kind
of
pet.
You
figrrr:e
out howto
mat
hthem
up by
studying
a
list
ofclues,
like
*Ihe
llama doesnt
belong
to
Duane."
In
order tomakesolving
fa-ster
andeasier, experiencedlogicpuzzlersuse
a
solving
gridto
record
the
information
they've
deduced.
They'vefound
that
seeing
the
inforrnationin
blackand
white,neatly
organized,helps
them
make
furiher
deductions.
lhere
are
twokindsof
solving
gridsyou'll
find
most
often:the"crosshatch"
grid
andthe
"fiIl-in"
grid.
Sometimes
you
can't
tell.whichkind
will
work
best
until
you'vespenta
lot
of
timetrying
to
solve
the
puzzle
with
the wrong
ki^d.In
Dell
logia
Puzzles,
we
figureout
which
kind
of
grid is
the
most usefulfor
eachpuzzle,
and we
print
it
on
the
same
page.Sometimes
we'll
evengive
youbothkinds
if
we
think
it
will
help.
Let'slook
at
a
typical
puzzle
that
works
best
with
a
crosshatch
grid.
PET
OWNERS
Eachof
four
men
ownsa
different
species
ofexoticpet.
.F
rom
thefollowing
clues,can
youfrgure
out
each
man's
full
name
andwhat
kind
ofpet
he
owns?
1,
Mr..Engels
(whosepet
is
named
Sparky),Abner,
and
Mr.
Foster
all
belong
to
a club
for
owners
of unusual
pets.2.
The iguana
i6n't
owrred
by
either
Chuck
or
Duane.
3.
Neither
the
jackal
northe
king
cobra
is
owned
by
Mr.
Foster.4.
The
llama
doesn'tbelong
to
Duane(whose
pet
is
named
Waggles).
5:
Abner,who
doesn't
ownthe
king
cobra,
isn't Mr.
Grint€r.
6. Bruceand
Mr.
Foster are
neighbors.7.
Mr. Halera
is
afraid
of
iguanas.
And
heret
the
crosshatch
grid:
That
was
a
fairlv
simple
deduction,
butin
orderto
solve
thispuzzle
you'll
need
to
make
somedeductions
that
are
a
little
i.i"ti...
Go
through therest
of
the
clues,and.
pu-t
Xs
into
ihein
theintersections
of'Abner"
and"Gunter,"
and
"Abner"
and
"King
cobra."
grid
whereveryoucan.
You'll
end
up with
this:
Sometimes,
with
avery
easypuzzle.
just
putting
the
informaQori
in
the
srid
is
enoush
to
make
the
solurion
lall
oul-
to
you
lhts
.
I4t's
look
first
at clue
1.
From
it
we can
see
that!{bner
isrit
Mr.
Engels
or
Mr.
Foster.
Werecord
this
information
in
thesolving
grid
by
pr-rtting
an
X
rmeaning-no",
in
the
square
atthe intersection
of
"Abner"
and"Engels,"
anil
another
X
at theintersection of"Abner- and'Foster."Nowlet's
look
at
clue 5.
From
it
we
learnthatAbner
doesn'tovfir
the
king
cobra,
and
that
Alner
isn't Mr.
Gunt€r..Put
Xs
,6
DELL LOGIC
PUZZLESFebruary
1995
in
thegrid
is
enough
to
makettresolution
fall
outto
you
This
.
putzle'i
a
bit
harder,though,and
at first
glance
th9r9
dTsn't
seem
to
be enoueh
inforrn;tionto
mal<e
any
more
deduclions'
But
the
information
is
there;
yotr
just
have
to workwitb
it
a
little-
Take apenciland
fillin
the restofthe
gnd
yourself
as
you
reail
on.
"
Mr.
Haleqr
doesrftown
thd
iguana.
Since
Abner
is
Mr'
I
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I
'6
-
X
x
BruceChuck
X
Duane
X
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wow too much of logics. :)
Really funny, thanks