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opacity=\".9\"/></svg>","solverRole":"staff","constraints":[]}],"victim":"V","murderer":"H","solution":{"A":[1,2],"B":[2,4],"E":[3,8],"D":[4,9],"F":[5,1],"V":[6,5],"H":[7,6],"G":[8,3],"C":[9,7]},"walkthrough":[{"place":["A"],"cand":{"B":[[2,4],[2,5],[2,6],[2,9],[3,4],[3,5],[3,8]],"C":[[8,7],[8,9],[9,7],[9,8]],"D":[[4,9],[6,8],[6,9]],"E":[[3,8],[8,8],[9,8]],"F":[[2,3],[2,4],[2,5],[2,6],[2,8],[2,9],[3,1],[3,4],[3,5],[3,6],[3,7],[3,8],[4,3],[4,4],[4,5],[4,6],[4,9],[5,1],[5,4],[5,5],[5,7],[5,8],[6,1],[6,3],[6,4],[6,5],[6,7],[6,8],[6,9],[7,1],[7,3],[7,4],[7,6],[7,8],[7,9],[8,3],[8,4],[8,5],[8,6],[8,7],[8,8],[8,9],[9,3],[9,5],[9,6],[9,7],[9,8]],"G":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,8],[3,1],[3,5],[3,6],[3,7],[3,8],[4,3],[4,4],[4,5],[4,6],[4,9],[5,1],[5,3],[5,4],[5,5],[5,7],[6,1],[6,3],[6,4],[6,5],[6,7],[6,8],[6,9],[7,3],[7,4],[7,8],[7,9],[8,1],[8,3],[8,4],[8,5],[8,6],[8,7],[8,8],[9,3],[9,5],[9,6]],"H":[[2,8],[2,9],[3,7],[3,8],[6,5],[6,7],[7,6],[7,8],[8,5],[8,6],[9,5]],"V":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,4],[2,5],[2,6],[2,8],[2,9],[3,1],[3,4],[3,5],[3,6],[3,7],[3,8],[4,3],[4,4],[4,5],[4,6],[4,9],[5,1],[5,3],[5,4],[5,5],[5,7],[5,8],[6,1],[6,3],[6,4],[6,5],[6,7],[6,8],[6,9],[7,1],[7,3],[7,4],[7,6],[7,8],[7,9],[8,1],[8,3],[8,4],[8,5],[8,6],[8,7],[8,8],[8,9],[9,3],[9,5],[9,6],[9,7],[9,8]]},"text":"Arianne was the only woman beside the vending machine, which stands at R1C3. Of the squares around it only R1C2 is in the same area – R1C4 and R2C3 belong to the Shop Floor: <b>Arianne is at R1C2.</b> Row 1 and column 2 are hers."},{"place":[],"cand":{"B":[[2,4],[2,5],[2,6],[3,4],[3,5]],"C":[[8,7],[9,7]],"D":[[4,9],[6,9]],"E":[[3,8],[8,8],[9,8]],"F":[[2,3],[2,4],[2,5],[2,6],[3,1],[3,4],[3,5],[3,6],[4,3],[4,4],[4,5],[4,6],[5,1],[5,4],[5,5],[6,1],[6,3],[6,4],[6,5],[7,1],[7,3],[7,4],[7,6],[8,3],[8,4],[8,5],[8,6],[9,3],[9,5],[9,6]],"G":[[2,1],[2,3],[3,1],[3,5],[3,6],[4,3],[4,4],[4,5],[4,6],[5,1],[5,3],[5,4],[5,5],[6,1],[6,3],[6,4],[6,5],[7,3],[7,4],[8,1],[8,3],[8,4],[8,5],[8,6],[9,3],[9,5],[9,6]],"H":[[6,5],[7,6],[8,5],[8,6],[9,5]],"V":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,4],[2,5],[2,6],[3,1],[3,4],[3,5],[3,6],[4,3],[4,4],[4,5],[4,6],[5,1],[5,3],[5,4],[5,5],[6,1],[6,3],[6,4],[6,5],[7,1],[7,3],[7,4],[7,6],[8,1],[8,3],[8,4],[8,5],[8,6],[9,3],[9,5],[9,6]]},"text":"Emerald had the microscope (R4C8) in her column and a bench in her row: she is in column 8, in a row with a bench – the benches are at R3C6, R8C8 and R9C6 – so at R3C8, R8C8 or R9C8. Column 8 is hers, and R1C8, R2C8, R5C8, R6C8 and R7C8 are empty. Danny had the cabinet (R4C7) in his area, so he is in the Laboratory, in a corner of it: the corners without an object are R4C9, R6C8 and R6C9, and R6C8 is in Emerald's column. Danny is at R4C9 or R6C9, so column 9 is his and R2C9, R7C9 and R8C9 are empty. Cameron was in the Back Yard beside a bench: R8C7, R8C9, R9C7 or R9C8 – with columns 8 and 9 taken he has R8C7 or R9C7. Column 7 is his, and R3C7, R5C7 and R6C7 are empty."},{"place":[],"cand":{"B":[[2,4],[2,5],[2,6],[3,4],[3,5]],"C":[[8,7],[9,7]],"D":[[4,9],[6,9]],"E":[[3,8],[8,8],[9,8]],"F":[[3,1],[3,4],[3,5],[3,6],[4,3],[4,4],[4,5],[4,6],[5,1],[5,4],[5,5],[6,1],[6,3],[6,4],[7,1],[7,3],[7,4],[7,6],[8,3],[8,4],[8,5],[8,6],[9,3],[9,5],[9,6]],"G":[[7,3],[7,4],[8,1],[8,3],[8,5]],"H":[[6,5],[7,6],[8,5],[8,6],[9,5]],"V":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,4],[2,5],[2,6],[3,1],[3,4],[3,5],[3,6],[4,3],[4,4],[4,5],[4,6],[5,1],[5,3],[5,4],[5,5],[6,1],[6,3],[6,4],[6,5],[7,1],[7,3],[7,4],[7,6],[8,1],[8,3],[8,4],[8,5],[8,6],[9,3],[9,5],[9,6]]},"text":"Gene had an outsider exactly one row north of him – that can only be Hank, whose squares are R6C5, R7C6, R8C5, R8C6 and R9C5. If Gene were at R8C6, Hank would have to be in row 7, and his only square there is R7C6, in Gene's own column – so R8C6 is out. Hank cannot be in row 9 (there is no row below it for Gene), so he is in rows 6 to 8 and Gene in rows 7 to 9: R2C1, R2C3, R3C1, R3C5, R3C6, R4C3 to R4C6, R5C1, R5C3 to R5C5, R6C1 and R6C3 to R6C5 are out for Gene. Fedra was the southernmost person in her area. Becky is certainly on the Shop Floor, in row 2 or 3, so Fedra could stand there only south of her: R2C3 to R2C6 are out. Hank is certainly in the Stockroom, in row 6 or lower, so Fedra at R6C5 would have no Hank north of her: R6C5 is out. Gene was right beside an area where nobody was, but Hank is certainly in the Stockroom and Cameron in the Back Yard: at R8C4, R9C3, R9C5 and R9C6 every neighbouring area is one of these two, so Gene cannot be there."},{"place":[],"cand":{"B":[[2,4],[3,4]],"C":[[8,7],[9,7]],"D":[[4,9],[6,9]],"E":[[3,8],[8,8],[9,8]],"F":[[3,1],[3,4],[4,3],[4,4],[5,1],[5,4],[6,1],[6,3],[6,4],[7,1],[7,3],[7,4],[7,6],[8,3],[8,4],[9,3],[9,5]],"G":[[7,3],[7,4],[8,1],[8,3]],"H":[[6,5],[7,6],[8,5],[8,6],[9,5]],"V":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,4],[3,1],[3,4],[4,3],[4,4],[5,1],[5,3],[5,4],[6,1],[6,3],[6,4],[6,5],[7,1],[7,3],[7,4],[7,6],[8,1],[8,3],[8,4],[9,3],[9,5]]},"text":"Columns 5 and 6 each need somebody, and only two people can still be in them. Hank: all his squares are in the Stockroom (R6C5, R7C6, R8C5, R8C6, R9C5), in column 5 or 6. And somebody else in the Stockroom was beside a shelf – that can only be Fedra or Vanita, on R6C5, R7C6 or R9C5 (the shelves are at R6C6 and R9C4; R6C7 is in Cameron's column), so again in column 5 or 6. Two people, two columns: both columns are theirs and nobody else can stand there – R2C5 to R5C5, R2C6 to R4C6 and R9C6 are empty for everybody, Becky loses R2C5, R2C6 and R3C5 (she has R2C4 or R3C4 left), Gene loses R8C5, and Fedra and Vanita can stay in these two columns only as Hank's companion, which takes R8C5, R8C6 and R9C6 away from them."},{"place":[],"cand":{"B":[[2,4],[3,4]],"C":[[8,7],[9,7]],"D":[[4,9]],"E":[[3,8]],"F":[[3,1],[4,3],[5,1],[7,6],[9,5]],"G":[[7,3],[8,1],[8,3]],"H":[[6,5],[7,6],[8,5],[8,6],[9,5]],"V":[[2,1],[2,3],[3,1],[4,3],[5,1],[5,3],[6,5],[7,6],[9,5]]},"text":"Becky is left with R2C4 and R3C4, so column 4 is hers: R1C4 and R4C4 to R8C4 are empty. Now look at rows 6 to 9: they need four people, and only four can be in them. Cameron has R8C7 or R9C7, in row 8 or 9. Gene has R7C3, R8C1 or R8C3, in row 7 or 8. Hank is in rows 6 to 9, and his companion (Fedra or Vanita) is in the Stockroom, in row 6, 7 or 9. Four people, four rows: the rows are full and nobody else can be in them – R6C1, R6C3, R6C9, R7C1, R8C8, R9C3 and R9C8 are empty for everybody, Danny loses R6C9, Emerald loses R8C8 and R9C8, and Fedra and Vanita can stay in these rows only as Hank's companion, so they lose R6C1, R6C3, R7C1, R7C3, R8C3 and R9C3 (Vanita also R8C1)."},{"place":["D","E","B"],"cand":{"C":[[8,7],[9,7]],"F":[[5,1],[7,6],[9,5]],"G":[[7,3],[8,1],[8,3]],"H":[[6,5],[7,6],[8,5],[8,6],[9,5]],"V":[[5,1],[5,3],[6,5],[7,6],[9,5]]},"text":"Danny had R4C9 and R6C9, and R6C9 lies in the rows that are full: <b>Danny is at R4C9.</b> Emerald lost R8C8 and R9C8 the same way, which leaves R3C8: <b>Emerald is at R3C8.</b> Becky has R2C4 and R3C4, and row 3 is now Emerald's: <b>Becky is at R2C4.</b>"},{"place":["C"],"cand":{"F":[[5,1],[7,6]],"G":[[7,3],[8,1],[8,3]],"H":[[6,5],[7,6],[8,6]],"V":[[5,1],[5,3],[6,5],[7,6]]},"text":"Row 6 has just one square where anybody can still stand: R6C5 – Hank or Vanita – so somebody is there, and the rest of column 5 is empty: R8C5 and R9C5. In row 9 everybody else is now out, so only Cameron can be there, and his only square in it is R9C7: <b>Cameron is at R9C7.</b>"},{"place":["H"],"cand":{"F":[[5,1]],"G":[[8,1],[8,3]],"V":[[5,1],[5,3],[6,5]]},"text":"Fedra (R5C1 or R7C6) and Vanita (R5C1, R5C3, R6C5 or R7C6) are certainly in rows 5 to 7, so only one place is left there. If Gene were in row 7, the outsider one row north of him would be in row 6 – and that would be four people (Fedra, Vanita, Gene, Hank) in three rows. So Gene is not in row 7: R7C3 is out. He is left with R8C1 and R8C3, so row 8 is his: R8C2 and R8C4 to R8C9 are empty, and Hank loses R8C6. Gene is certainly in row 8, so the outsider one row north of him was in row 7 – only Hank can be that, and his other square, R6C5, drops out: <b>Hank is at R7C6.</b>"},{"place":["F","G","V"],"cand":{},"text":"Fedra had R5C1 and R7C6, and Hank has taken R7C6: <b>Fedra is at R5C1.</b> Gene has R8C1 and R8C3, and R8C1 is in Fedra's column: <b>Gene is at R8C3.</b> Vanita had R5C1, R5C3 and R6C5, but row 5 is now Fedra's, which leaves R6C5. The last card on the plan is the victim's: <b>Vanita is at R6C5</b>, in the Stockroom – with only Hank at R7C6 for company."},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Vanita was alone in the Stockroom with Hank, the landlord who had come at that strange hour for his rent – the pharmacy was months behind with it, and Vanita, the duty pharmacist, held the key to the safe. <b>Hank is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[],"occupiable":["chair","bench","stool","armchair","sofa"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-10-17"},"score":60.06}