Clues by Sam - Jan 9th 2026 (Tricky)
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 8th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 7 minutes
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Mild spoiler.
Lots of counting to get those last few.
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 8th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 25 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 8th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 13 minutes
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Clues by Sam - Jan 8th 2026 (Tricky)
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Ok, no spoilers. But how in the fuck is this Pam's neighbor?
I complained yesterday about the logic in these puzzles, and I'll admit I was wrong then. But I really don't see how this follows.
Edit: you asked for no spoilers, I hope this is okay. Kind of hard to explain the logic while avoiding all spoilers.
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- there are 2 innocents to the right of Ruby, which means there are 2 innocents and 1 criminal between Stella, Tina, and Uma.
- 1 innocent is Pam's neighbour, which means Tina and Uma must be an innocent and a criminal (we won't know which is which, yet).
- 1 innocent and 1 criminal are accounted for. 1 innocent is left. Who must it be?
Ok, I appreciate your effort. But please expand on how I am to deduct that given the first clue?
The first clue gives two pieces of info:
- Two innocents to the right of Ruby
- Only one of those two innocents is Pam's neighbour
That means:
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The second innocent is NOT Pam's neighbour
Maybe I'm just going senile. But that really doesn't make any sense. Stella is not Pam's neighbor. How do you make that Olympic level leap of deduction?
Specifically, how is Stella Pam's neighbor?
Stella isn't Pam's neighbour, maybe it would help if you explained why you're asking this?
The very first clue.
Why do you think it's saying that Stella is Pam's neighbour?
I am trying to not be rude
Can you explain it with words?
No one to the right of Ruby is Pam's neighbor. Am I tripping? Like how is everyone else getting this but meβ½
This is a legit question. I feel like I'm experiencing a stroke in slow motion.
Ohh I think I see what you are missing. "To the right of Ruby" doesn't mean "the one card to the right". It means every card to the right in the same row. So it's not just talking about Stella, but also Uma and Tina. Uma and Tina are both Pam's neighbours.
Thanks for handholding me through that.
Haha no problem. I thought there might have been a misunderstanding of the rules somewhere, which is why I was trying to get you to explain your thought process.
And you rock for that.
I hope you can start having fun with these, I like them a lot. Some of the logic is really tricky, but there's always a way to figure out the next innocent/criminal.
You know what's wild? I actually have a post grad in stem. I really don't understand why I let dumb stuff like this get to me
Anyways, thank you again.
It took me 33 minutes to solve this one today. I always feel pretty slow when I come into these threads. I got hard stuck more than once.
If you misunderstood the rules then no amount of deduction is going to help you, unless you manage to deduce that you misunderstood the rules.
I definitely didn't understand the rules.
If you use the Inspect tool (click the Inspect button then a specific clue) it will give you all the necessary definitions for the clue. Would this have given you what you needed?
If not donβt be afraid to tag me on future posts; Iβm happy to help you as well.
Going into the weekend where the puzzles get harder youβll definitely need to use tags to figure things out. I wanted to make sure youβd seen that because I remember your frustration yesterday too.
The first clue says explicitly that the next person is Pam's neighbor.
My first screenshot shows that the next person is very much not.
It doesn't say that the next person is Pam's neighbour at all, actually. Just that Pam only has one innocent neighbour, to the right of Ruby.