The Storm Mesa Ledger: a free Western logic-grid puzzle

There's a version of the Storm Mesa business going round the saloon and another going round the church, and neither one holds up. Sort out who was where before the trail goes cold.

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

Everyone agreed: Wagon Boss Cass Deverell had the frayed hair mecate.
Etta Boyce was at La Ciénega — that much is settled.
The deputy struck Hackberry Tank off Ida Lachlan's account.
It wasn't Ida Lachlan who turned up with the stained bed tarp.
Wagon Boss Cass Deverell stayed well away from Storm Mesa.
The bent mill wrench never belonged to Ida Lachlan.
You can rule out the bent mill wrench for Etta Boyce.
You can rule out Storm Mesa for Ida Lachlan.

The grid

On a narrow screen the grid scrolls sideways.

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