Hint for Lantern Lane #5, Saturday 31 October 2026

Stuck on the devious Saturday 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 neighbour with the blue door lives next door to the neighbour with the violet door.
2. The chemist ⚗️ lives somewhere to the left of Finn.
3. Finn lives next door to the gardener 🌱.
4. Cleo lives next door to the milk drinker 🥛.
5. The neighbour with the green door lives next door to the neighbour with the yellow door.
6. The milk drinker 🥛 lives somewhere to the left of the cocoa drinker 🍫.
7. The painter 🎨 lives next door to the neighbour with the blue door.
8. The cat owner 🐈 lives next door to the cyclist 🚲.
9. Esme lives next door to the goldfish owner 🐟.
10. The painter 🎨 lives somewhere to the left of Cleo.
11. The pilot ✈️ lives directly to the left of the painter 🎨.
12. The tea drinker 🍵 lives next door to the neighbour with the red door.
13. The water drinker 💧 lives directly to the left of Esme.
14. The milk drinker 🥛 lives somewhere to the left of the cyclist 🚲.
15. The poet 🖋️ lives next door to the baker 🥖.
16. Bram lives next door to the neighbour with the violet door.
17. The neighbour with the yellow door lives somewhere to the left of the rabbit owner 🐇.
18. The parrot owner 🦜 lives next door to the neighbour with the green door.
19. Ada is not the baker 🥖.
20. The knitter 🧶 lives next door to the poet 🖋️.
21. The teacher 📚 lives next door to the neighbour with the green door.
22. The chemist ⚗️ lives next door to the neighbour with the green door.
23. Bram lives next door to Cleo.
24. The painter 🎨 lives somewhere to the left of the neighbour with the green door.

Nudges

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