Lantern Lane

Hint for Lantern Lane #2, Wednesday 28 October 2026

Stuck on the moderate Wednesday puzzle? Open one nudge at a time. They walk through the first few deductions only, so the answer stays yours to find.

The clues

  1. The chemist ⚗️ lives next door to the parrot owner 🦜.
  2. Cleo lives next door to Dev.
  3. The cat owner 🐈 does not live in house 4.
  4. Ada is the cat owner 🐈.
  5. The painter 🎨 lives directly to the left of the water drinker 💧.
  6. Dev is the milk drinker 🥛.
  7. The chemist ⚗️ is also the water drinker 💧.
  8. The teacher 📚 lives somewhere to the left of Ada.
  9. Bram is the baker 🥖.
  10. The cocoa drinker 🍫 lives somewhere to the left of the dog owner 🐕.
  11. Cleo lives directly to the left of the cat owner 🐈.

Nudges

Nudge 1: look at clue 5

The painter 🎨 can’t live in house 4. The water drinker 💧 can’t live in house 1.

Nudge 2: look at clue 8

Ada can’t live in house 1. The teacher 📚 can’t live in house 4.

Nudge 3: look at clue 10

The cocoa drinker 🍫 can’t live in house 4. The dog owner 🐕 can’t live in house 1.

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