{"format":"murdoku-puzzle/1","id":"mothers-day-rush","iconSet":"catalogue","version":1,"difficulty":"easy","level":3,"size":{"rows":6,"cols":6},"languages":["en","hu","de","fr","es","it","nl","pl","pt","ro","ca","cs","fi","vi","tr","el","ru","uk","ar","ko","ja","zh-Hans","zh-Hant"],"defaultLanguage":"en","title":"De Moederdagdrukte","tagline":"Kopenhagen, zaterdag bij het ochtendgloren · een bloemenwinkel vóór Moederdag · tweehonderd boeketten en een verdwenen bezorger","author":"mathace","concept":"Murdoku – Manuel Garand (murdoku.com); unofficial fan-made case","created":"2026-10-19","story":"In Denemarken is de tweede zondag van mei Moederdag, en op de zaterdag ervoor werkt de bloemenwinkel Blomster & Co. in Kopenhagen de hele nacht door. Villads, de bezorger, kwam om vijf uur voor de eerste dozen en klaagde luid dat iemand het verschil van de ontbrekende bestellingen in zijn zak stak. Om zes uur was hij nergens meer te vinden. Zes mensen waren in de winkel. 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The only chair is at R1C6 in the Till, and \"beside\" means in the same area: of its neighbours R1C5 is the only free square, because R2C6 is a counter and nobody can be on it. <b>Ditlev is at R1C5.</b> Row 1 and column 5 are his. Connie had a shelf in her row and was not in a corner of her area. The shelves are at R1C3 and R6C1; row 1 is Ditlev's, so she is in row 6. In row 6, R6C3 (Cold Room) and R6C4 and R6C6 (Back Yard) are corners of their areas, and R6C5 is in Ditlev's column – only R6C2 is left: <b>Connie is at R6C2.</b> Row 6 and column 2 are hers, so Anders – who had a potted plant in his area, in the Shop Window or on the Shop Floor – is left with R2C1, R2C3, R2C4 and R3C3."},{"place":["E"],"cand":{"A":[[3,3]],"B":[[3,3],[3,6],[5,3],[5,4]],"V":[[3,3],[3,6],[4,6],[5,3],[5,4]]},"text":"Else had a potted plant in her column. Both potted plants (R1C1 and R3C1) are in column 1, so column 1 is hers, and her free squares there are R2C1, R4C1 and R5C1 (R6C1 is a shelf). Everybody else leaves column 1: Anders loses R2C1, and Bodil and Villads lose R2C1, R4C1 and R5C1. Now the direction clue: Else was north of Anders, in a row above his. Anders can only be at R2C3, R2C4 or R3C3, so he is in row 3 at the furthest south – and Else must be in a row above his, so she cannot be in row 3 or below it. R4C1 and R5C1 drop out, and R2C1 is her only square: <b>Else is at R2C1.</b> Row 2 is hers, so R2C3 and R2C4 are empty for everybody else."},{"place":["A","B"],"cand":{"V":[[4,6]]},"text":"Anders is left with one square, R3C3, on the Shop Floor with the potted plant (R3C1) in his area: <b>Anders is at R3C3.</b> Bodil was not beside the cart (R5C6). With Ditlev, Connie and Else placed, her free squares were R3C3, R3C6, R5C3 and R5C4 – R4C6 is beside the cart, so it is out. Anders now takes row 3 and column 3, so R3C3, R3C6 and R5C3 drop out: <b>Bodil is at R5C4.</b>"},{"place":["V"],"cand":{},"text":"Villads made no statement, but his square is the one left over: row 4 and column 6 are the only row and column that no one else has, and R4C6 is free. <b>Villads is at R4C6.</b>"},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Bodil was alone with Villads in the Back Yard (R4C6 and R5C4) – and she was the florist who had been pocketing the difference on the orders, which the driver was loudly complaining about. <b>Bodil is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[],"occupiable":["chair","stool","bench"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-10-19"},"score":0.0019}