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Read every statement, find everyone’s square on the plan and unmask the murderer – alone with Vittorio backstage.","rules":{"standard":["Every <b>row</b> and every <b>column</b> holds exactly <b>one person</b>. As soon as you place someone, cross out their whole row and column.","<b>“Beside”</b> = directly left, right, above or below, and <b>in the same area</b>. Squares with objects (the ropes, the mast, the cannon, crates, the safe, caravans, the booth…) cannot be occupied; the podium, the spectators’ seat, the bed, the horses, the hay bales, the chairs, the bench and the stools can (one can sit on a horse). 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There was a <b>woman</b> in her area.","job":"devoted fan","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Kristina\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#5a2a2a\"/><path d=\"M50 30 Q64 34 60 62 L54 62 Q56 40 48 36 Z\" fill=\"#d9b464\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#8e44ad\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#f6d8c0\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#f6d8c0\"/><path d=\"M26 33 Q26 16 40 16 Q54 16 54 33 Q50 24 40 24 Q30 24 26 33 Z\" fill=\"#d9b464\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><path d=\"M30 58 Q40 70 50 58 L48 66 Q40 76 32 66 Z\" fill=\"#f2d24a\"/></svg>","solverRole":"visitor","constraints":[{"type":"beside","obj":"caravan"},{"type":"with_gender","gender":"F"}]},{"id":"V","name":"Vittorio","gender":"M","role":"victim","color":"#1b1b1b","avatar":{"bg":"#5a2a2a","skin":"#e9c6a4","hair":"#1c1a1a","style":"slick","shirt":"#1b1b1b","mustache":true,"bow":true},"clue":"<b>The victim.</b> He was found <b>backstage</b>, beside the <b>dressing table</b> – alone with the murderer.","job":"the ringmaster","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Vittorio\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#5a2a2a\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#1b1b1b\"/><path d=\"M40 60 l-8 -4 v8 z M40 60 l8 -4 v8 z\" fill=\"#b8302b\"/><circle cx=\"40\" cy=\"60\" r=\"2\" fill=\"#7a1f1c\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#e9c6a4\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#e9c6a4\"/><path d=\"M26 30 Q27 16 44 15 Q56 15 55 26 Q48 22 40 23 Q30 24 26 30 Z\" fill=\"#1c1a1a\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><path d=\"M33 41 Q40 37 47 41 Q40 43 33 41 Z\" fill=\"#3a2a1c\"/><path d=\"M12 12 L68 68 M68 12 L12 68\" stroke=\"#e0362e\" stroke-width=\"5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" opacity=\".9\"/></svg>","solverRole":"crew","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Backstage"]},{"type":"beside","obj":"dressing_table"}]}],"victim":"V","murderer":"J","solution":{"E":[1,3],"A":[2,12],"V":[3,8],"D":[4,11],"J":[5,9],"G":[6,2],"B":[7,1],"I":[8,10],"F":[9,7],"C":[10,5],"H":[11,4],"K":[12,6]},"walkthrough":[{"place":[],"cand":{"V":[[1,8],[2,7],[2,9],[3,8]],"D":[[4,7],[4,11]],"J":[[5,1],[5,2],[5,3],[5,4],[5,6],[5,9],[5,11]],"K":[[10,5],[10,7],[12,6],[12,8]],"F":[[8,5],[8,6],[8,7],[9,7]],"I":[[8,10],[8,11],[8,12],[9,9],[9,10],[9,12]]},"text":"Vittorio was found backstage, beside the dressing table (R2C8): R1C8, R2C7, R2C9 or R3C8 – and the murderer is alone with him there. Start with the rows. Balthazar and Griselda are in the Menagerie, Fabian in the Caravans area and Ilona in the Box Office – four people in rows 6–9, so those four rows are theirs and nobody else is in them. Horatio is in the Canteen (rows 10–12); Kristina, beside a caravan, has the Camp’s caravans left (the ones in the Caravans area stand in rows 6–9): she is in the Camp with a woman – so rows 10–12 belong to Horatio, Kristina and Kristina’s woman (Alessandra or Cordelia), and nobody else. Julius – who was not in the Wagon – is therefore in rows 1–5, and Dmitri, north of him and the only one beside a crate, has R4C7 (Backstage crate) or R4C11 (Props crate) left: <b>Dmitri is in row 4, Julius in row 5</b> – and since nobody except Dmitri is beside a crate, not at R5C8 or R5C10."},{"place":["B","H"],"cand":{"G":[[6,2],[6,3]],"E":[[1,3],[2,2]],"D":[[4,7],[4,11]],"J":[[5,6],[5,9],[5,11]],"C":[[3,10],[3,12],[10,5],[10,8],[12,8]],"V":[[1,8],[2,7],[2,9],[3,8]]},"text":"Exactly one person sat on a horse. The Stables horse (R11C10) is out of reach – rows 10–12 belong to Horatio, Kristina and her woman, none of them in the Stables – so somebody sits on the Menagerie horse R7C1: Balthazar or Griselda, and Griselda, the easternmost in the Menagerie, cannot be in its column 1. <b>Balthazar sits on the horse at R7C1</b>; Griselda, north of him (he is the southernmost), is in row 6: R6C2 or R6C3. Esmeralda, beside the ropes, is at R1C3 or R2C2: R1C1 is in Balthazar’s column, and the squares by the ring ropes (R4C5, R5C4, R5C6) lie in Dmitri’s and Julius’s rows. Columns 2, 3 and 4: Esmeralda (R1C3/R2C2), Griselda (R6C2/R6C3) and Horatio (the Canteen, column 1 being Balthazar’s) fill them, so Alessandra and Julius are elsewhere – and column 4 has only one usable square left, R11C4: <b>Horatio is at R11C4</b>, and row 11 is his."},{"place":["D"],"cand":{"J":[[5,6],[5,9]],"E":[[1,3],[2,2]],"G":[[6,2],[6,3]],"V":[[1,8],[2,7],[2,9],[3,8]]},"text":"<b>Could Dmitri be at R4C7</b>, beside the Backstage crate? Then he is backstage with Vittorio – the murderer – and column 7 is his. Fabian is at R8C5 or R8C6, Kristina and her woman are in the Camp (columns 5–8): the three of them fill columns 5, 6 and 8, so Vittorio, out of column 8, is at R2C9 – row 2 is his. Esmeralda is then at R1C3, Griselda at R6C2, Ilona in row 9 (Fabian has row 8): R9C10 or R9C12. Columns 9–12 must be filled by Vittorio, Ilona, Cordelia (a corner: R3C10 or R3C12) and Julius at R5C11 – so Alessandra is not in the Wagon: she is Kristina’s woman in the Camp, not in a corner and not in Horatio’s row 11 – R12C6 – and Kristina sits at R10C5. Now column 8 has nobody left: R1C8 and R3C8 are backstage, where only Vittorio and Dmitri are, R5C8 is Julius’s row, rows 6–9 belong to people who are elsewhere, R10C8 is a corner of the Camp, R11C8 is Horatio’s row and R12C8 Alessandra’s. Contradiction: <b>Dmitri is at R4C11</b>, beside the Props crate, and Julius is at R5C6 or R5C9."},{"place":["E","G"],"cand":{"J":[[5,6],[5,9]],"V":[[2,7],[2,9],[3,8]],"K":[[10,5],[10,7],[12,6],[12,8]],"A":[[2,6],[2,7],[2,9],[2,12],[3,5],[3,6],[3,7],[3,8],[10,7],[12,6]]},"text":"<b>Could Esmeralda be at R2C2?</b> Then row 2 is hers and Vittorio is at R1C8 or R3C8 – column 8 is his. Columns 5–8 are now filled by Fabian (Caravans), Kristina and her woman (Camp) and Vittorio – nobody else fits there. Julius loses R5C6 and, with column 11 Dmitri’s, is at R5C9 – backstage with Vittorio. Alessandra, not in a corner: columns 1–4 are Balthazar’s, Esmeralda’s, Griselda’s and Horatio’s, columns 5–8 are full, the Backstage is Vittorio’s and Julius’s, R2C11 and R2C12 are in Esmeralda’s row, R3C11 in Dmitri’s column – and she cannot be Kristina’s woman either, because then Cordelia would need a corner with a man one row above her: R3C10/R3C12 have Esmeralda above, the Camp corners are in the full columns. Alessandra has no square. Contradiction: <b>Esmeralda is at R1C3</b>, and <b>Griselda at R6C2</b> (column 3 is Esmeralda’s)."},{"place":["J"],"cand":{"V":[[2,7],[3,8]],"A":[[2,12],[10,7],[12,6]],"C":[[3,10],[3,12],[10,5],[10,8]],"K":[[10,5],[10,7],[12,6]],"F":[[8,5],[8,7],[9,7]],"I":[[8,10],[8,12],[9,10],[9,12]]},"text":"<b>Could Julius be at R5C6</b>, in the Big Top? The murderer, alone with Vittorio backstage, would then be Alessandra – the only one left whose statement fits a backstage square – so Kristina’s woman is Cordelia, in a corner of the Camp. But then columns 10 and 12 have only Ilona left (R8C10/R9C10 or R8C12/R9C12): R3C10 and R3C12 are corners for Cordelia, who is in the Camp, R2C12 is a Wagon square for Alessandra, who is backstage, R5C10 is beside a crate, the Stables are empty. One person for two columns. Contradiction: <b>Julius is at R5C9</b> – backstage, alone with Vittorio. <b>Julius is the murderer.</b> Vittorio is at R2C7 or R3C8 (R2C9 is Julius’s column)."},{"place":["V"],"cand":{"A":[[2,12],[12,6]],"K":[[10,5],[10,7],[12,6]],"C":[[10,5],[10,8]],"F":[[8,5],[8,7],[9,7]],"I":[[8,10],[8,12],[9,10],[9,12]]},"text":"<b>Could Vittorio be at R2C7?</b> Columns 5–8 are then filled by Fabian, Kristina, her woman and Vittorio. Alessandra has no square outside the Camp (R2C11 and R2C12 are in Vittorio’s row, R3C11 in Dmitri’s column, the Big Top squares R1C5, R3C5, R3C6 in the full columns, the Backstage is taken), so she is Kristina’s woman: the only non-corner Camp square left is R12C6 (R10C7 is Vittorio’s column, row 11 is Horatio’s), and Kristina sits at R10C5. But then Fabian has nowhere to go: R8C5 and R8C6 are Kristina’s and Alessandra’s columns, R8C7 and R9C7 Vittorio’s. Contradiction: <b>Vittorio is at R3C8</b>, and column 8 is his."},{"place":["A","K","C","F","I"],"text":"Row 2 has one usable square left, R2C12 in the Wagon: <b>Alessandra is there</b>. Row 12: Kristina at R12C6 (R12C8 is Vittorio’s column) – <b>Kristina at R12C6</b> – and her woman is Cordelia, in a corner of the Camp: <b>R10C5</b> (R10C8 is Vittorio’s column) with a man exactly one row north, in row 9: that is Fabian, at <b>R9C7</b> (column 5 is Cordelia’s), so <b>Ilona is in row 8</b>: R8C10 (R8C12 is Alessandra’s column, R8C11 Dmitri’s). Everyone is placed."},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Vittorio was alone backstage with the rival impresario who claimed only that he had not been in the Wagon. <b>Julius is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[{"type":"count_on","obj":"horse","n":1}],"occupiable":["podium","seat","bed","horse","hay","chair","bench","stool"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-09-17"}}