The parrot owner is on a lower floor than the flute player.
The drums player is on a lower floor than Omar.
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How to play
This is the sit-down puzzle — a good solve takes a few minutes,
and beating seven earns a bonus. No rush: step away any time and your grid keeps,
clock paused.
Four people, and three things to work out about each one. Every value is
used exactly once down a column.
Each cell starts with every possibility. Tap one to cross it off.
When a single possibility is left, that cell is settled.
The clues never tell you an answer outright — they rule things out.
Tap a clue to gray it once you have used it; it folds away at the
top of the list, so the clues you still need stay next to the grid. Tap the
“used” line to open them, and tap a grayed clue to bring it back.
One column is ordered, and it reads as a list, not a picture: top to bottom,
lowest first. So floor 3 sits above floor 6 on screen — "a lower floor"
means further up the column, and "two floors after" means further down.
There is exactly one arrangement that fits, and you can always
reach it by crossing off. You never have to guess.
Fill every cell, then hit Check. You get three checks — run out
and the answer is shown — green where you had it, red where you didn’t —
and you keep credit for the cells you had right.
Cross something off by mistake? Tap it again to bring it back, or use
Undo to step back through your crossings-off one at a time.
Talked yourself into a corner? Reset clears the whole grid, your notes and
any hint clues, and gives the three hints back. Tap it twice — it asks first.
The clock keeps running, and hints you have already taken still count.
Stuck? Hint gives you an extra clue — you still have to
apply it. There are three per puzzle, and that is all. If you had ruled out
something a new clue says is true, it puts that back. Hints are counted, not
punished.
Leave the page and the clock stops. It starts again when you press
Continue, not when you come back.