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Monday, 31 August 2026

Alibi

Work out which room each suspect was in and which hour they were there.

Facts7, every one needed

Clock0:00

suspect against room

suspect against time

room against time

15 rows still without a tick.

Finishing early still scores, on the links you pinned correctly.

goes with
does not go with
earlier on the clock
next door along

Today’s board

Time, best first

Nobody with an account has finished this one today. Make one and your name goes up here. Guests still count towards the standings, they just have no name to show.

Alibi

Work out which room each suspect was in and which hour they were there.

  1. Read a clue and tap the squares it settles. Tap once for a tick, again for a cross.A tick says these two go together, a cross says they do not. Nothing is checked while you play, so a wrong cross costs you nothing until you finish.
  2. Cross out everything a tick rules out, then look for a row or a column with one square left.That last square is forced, and every clue in the list is needed at least once. If you have not used one yet, it is holding the answer you are stuck on.
  3. Put a tick in every row of all three grids to finish.The crosses are your working and are never scored. Only the fifteen ticks count, and the clock is your score.

Scored on time.

What the words mean
Suspect:
one of the five shapes down the side of the first two grids. The Circle, the Square, and so on
Room:
one of five numbered rooms along a corridor. Room 2 and Room 3 touch, Room 2 and Room 4 do not
Hour:
one of five times, drawn as clock faces and running left to right
Grid:
one of the three tables. Who was in which room, who was there at which hour, and which room was busy at which hour
Tick:
these two go together. One per row and one per column, never two
Cross:
these two do not go together. Your working, and never scored
Link:
one settled pair, marked with a tick. There are fifteen of them to find, five on each grid
Par:
a good time for today's clues, not a great one. Beating it puts you well up the table

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