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