Hint for Lantern Lane #3, Thursday 29 October 2026

Stuck on the tricky Thursday 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 juice drinker 🧃.
2. Finn is not the painter 🎨.
3. Finn lives next door to the juice drinker 🧃.
4. The tea drinker 🍵 lives somewhere to the left of Ada.
5. The water drinker 💧 lives somewhere to the left of Ada.
6. Esme lives next door to the gardener 🌱.
7. The chess player ♟️ lives somewhere to the left of the juice drinker 🧃.
8. Cleo lives next door to the cyclist 🚲.
9. Dev is not the tea drinker 🍵.
10. The teacher 📚 is not the poet 🖋️.
11. The gardener 🌱 lives directly to the left of the painter 🎨.
12. The teacher 📚 is also the juice drinker 🧃.
13. The chemist ⚗️ is also the jazz fan 🎷.
14. The teacher 📚 lives next door to the coffee drinker ☕.
15. The chemist ⚗️ lives somewhere to the left of the painter 🎨.
16. The chess player ♟️ lives next door to the milk drinker 🥛.
17. The cyclist 🚲 lives somewhere to the left of the milk drinker 🥛.
18. The cyclist 🚲 lives directly to the left of the baker 🥖.

Nudges

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