Nine Suspects

Hints & answer for 2026-09-06

Inspector difficulty · “A Guest Who Never Left” at Ravensgate Hall · play it first

These are the official hints for the Nine Suspects daily puzzle of 2026-09-06. They go from gentle nudge to full spoiler — open only as many as you need.

Hint 1 — Getting started (no spoilers)

This is a 6×6 board, so exactly one person stands in every row and every column. Start with the most restrictive clues — "on a [furniture]" clues pin a suspect to just a handful of squares, and "in front of a window" only fits squares that touch a window. Mark everything impossible with an X.

Hint 2 — Where to focus

Two clues do the heaviest lifting today:

  • Ada: “She was on a chair.”
  • Iris: “She was on a bed.”

Resolve these first, then use the sudoku rule to strike out their rows and columns for everyone else.

Hint 3 — The victim's room (mild spoiler)

Vivian was found in the Main Bedroom. Work out which suspects could possibly have been in that room — only one of them ends up there alone.

The answer — who is the murderer? (full spoiler)

Ada is the murderer. Ada was alone in the Main Bedroom with Vivian. Case closed.

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