Case #0003: The Victoria Sponge
Who made off with the prize-winning Victoria sponge? A hard Puzzlebury Mystery set at the Village Fête, with 6 suspects and 11 clues.
- Mystery
- Hard
- 20–40 mins
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Download puzzle (PDF, A4)US Letter PDF- Puzzle ID
- mystery-00003
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Setting
- The Village Fête
- Suspects
- 6
- Clues
- 11
- Format
- A4 & US Letter PDF
Who made off with the prize-winning Victoria sponge?
- Each suspect stood on a different floor square, never on furniture.
- Every suspect was in a different room. One room was empty.
- No two suspects stood in touching squares, not even diagonally.
- The culprit is the suspect who was in the same room as the missing item.
The suspects
- Tom Barker
- Major Voss
- Colonel Ashby
- Nurse Wren
- Reverend Hale
- Jonah Kemp
Key
- The missing Victoria sponge, on its plant
- Plant: nobody can stand here
- Hay bale: nobody can stand here
- Table: nobody can stand here
- Bench: nobody can stand here
The clues
- Major Voss was somewhere west of Colonel Ashby.
- Colonel Ashby was not in the Bric-a-brac.
- Reverend Hale was somewhere west of Nurse Wren.
- Reverend Hale was not in the Plant Stall.
- Jonah Kemp was not in the Bric-a-brac.
- Colonel Ashby was somewhere north of Jonah Kemp.
- Colonel Ashby was not in the Tea Tent.
- Major Voss stood right beside a potted plant.
- Tom Barker was somewhere west of Reverend Hale.
- Reverend Hale was somewhere north of Colonel Ashby.
- Reverend Hale was somewhere north of Tom Barker.
View solution
Everyone's position, with the culprit circled: Jonah Kemp, the only suspect in the same room as the Victoria sponge.
Culprit: Jonah Kemp