The Broken Wheel Trail Notice: a free Western logic-grid puzzle

The deputy rode out to Broken Wheel Trail on a Tuesday and came back with four statements, no two of which agreed on the weather. Work it through, and mind the ledger.

This free Rookie logic-grid puzzle has 4 suspects, 4 locations, and 4 pieces of evidence. New to logic grids? Start with the pencil-solving guide.

How to mark the grid

●: These two belong together.
✕: These two are ruled out.
blank: Still undecided.

How to play

Click, tap or press Enter on a cell to cycle it: blank, then ● for a confirmed pairing, then ✕ for one you have ruled out. Nothing fills itself in — the deductions are yours to make. Use the arrow keys to move around the grid.

Fill obvious Xs does the bookkeeping only: for each ● you have marked, it crosses off the rest of that pairing's own row and column. It never adds a ●, never reads a clue, and never changes a mark you made.

On a narrow screen the grid scrolls sideways.

Every case has exactly one solution, and it is always reachable by deduction alone. Nothing here guesses for you, and Check will not tell you which mark is wrong.

Clues and evidence

Half the county saw Cutter McCall at Broken Wheel Trail.
Cutter McCall swore off any connection to the dented tin star, and the ledger agrees.
Bandit Lou stayed well away from Silver Hollow.
Deacon Frye never laid hands on the half-melted candle.
Nobody could connect Deacon Frye to the dented tin star.
The deputy struck Rattlesnake Pass off Old Man Ferris's account.
Nobody saw Bandit Lou anywhere near Rattlesnake Pass.
Cutter McCall was never linked to the half-melted candle.
Deacon Frye wasn't carrying the bent horseshoe.
Bandit Lou had nothing to do with the dented tin star.

The grid

On a narrow screen the grid scrolls sideways.

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