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Postcards from the coast · daily 4

Match the travellers to the towns and arrival times. Times run from earliest to latest; every item is used exactly once.

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Arrival times order: 09:00 → 10:00 → 11:00 → 12:00.

Travellers × Towns

Travellers matched with Towns
TravellersWhitbySt IvesDealTenby
Nora
Jack
Alice
Sam

Travellers × Arrival times

Travellers matched with Arrival times
Travellers09:0010:0011:0012:00
Nora
Jack
Alice
Sam

Towns × Arrival times

Towns matched with Arrival times
Towns09:0010:0011:0012:00
Whitby
St Ives
Deal
Tenby
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Clues

  1. Nora is paired with exactly one of St Ives or Tenby.
  2. Nora comes 2 places before Sam in the Arrival times order.
  3. Jack is not paired with 12:00.
  4. Deal comes 2 places before Tenby in the Arrival times order.
  5. Alice is not paired with Tenby.
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One deduction at a time

Follow the numbered clues, one-to-one eliminations and cross-grid deductions. When a counterfactual is needed, its assumptions and clue-by-clue contradiction are shown.

Measured complexity: rule tier 4/4 · 48 verified grid deductions · 2 counterfactuals. Difficulty measures the rules used by this solver, not a promised completion time.

  1. Step 1: Clue 3: Jack is not paired with 12:00. Jack cannot be paired with 12:00.
  2. Step 2: Clue 5: Alice is not paired with Tenby. Alice cannot be paired with Tenby.
  3. Step 3: Clue 1 restricts Nora to St Ives or Tenby. Nora cannot be paired with Whitby.
  4. Step 4: Clue 1 restricts Nora to St Ives or Tenby. Nora cannot be paired with Deal.
  5. Step 5: Clue 2: placing Nora at 11:00 leaves no valid later position for Sam at the required gap of 2. Nora cannot be paired with 11:00.
  6. Step 6: Clue 2: placing Nora at 12:00 leaves no valid later position for Sam at the required gap of 2. Nora cannot be paired with 12:00.
  7. Step 7: Clue 2: placing Sam at 09:00 leaves no valid earlier position for Nora at the required gap of 2. Sam cannot be paired with 09:00.
  8. Step 8: Clue 2: placing Sam at 10:00 leaves no valid earlier position for Nora at the required gap of 2. Sam cannot be paired with 10:00.
  9. Step 9: Clue 4: placing Deal at 11:00 leaves no valid later position for Tenby at the required gap of 2. Deal cannot be paired with 11:00.
  10. Step 10: Clue 4: placing Deal at 12:00 leaves no valid later position for Tenby at the required gap of 2. Deal cannot be paired with 12:00.
  11. Step 11: Clue 4: placing Tenby at 09:00 leaves no valid earlier position for Deal at the required gap of 2. Tenby cannot be paired with 09:00.
  12. Step 12: Clue 4: placing Tenby at 10:00 leaves no valid earlier position for Deal at the required gap of 2. Tenby cannot be paired with 10:00.
  13. Step 13: Nora and Tenby have no possible Arrival times item in common, so they cannot belong together. Nora cannot be paired with Tenby.
  14. Step 14: All other Towns choices for Nora have been eliminated. Nora must be paired with St Ives.
  15. Step 15: St Ives is already matched to Nora; each item is used once. Jack cannot be paired with St Ives.
  16. Step 16: St Ives is already matched to Nora; each item is used once. Alice cannot be paired with St Ives.
  17. Step 17: St Ives is already matched to Nora; each item is used once. Sam cannot be paired with St Ives.
  18. Step 18: Sam and Deal have no possible Arrival times item in common, so they cannot belong together. Sam cannot be paired with Deal.
  19. Step 19: St Ives and 11:00 have no possible Travellers item in common, so they cannot belong together. St Ives cannot be paired with 11:00.
  20. Step 20: St Ives and 12:00 have no possible Travellers item in common, so they cannot belong together. St Ives cannot be paired with 12:00.
  21. Step 21: St Ives and Deal must use 09:00 and 10:00 between them. Those two items cannot belong to Whitby. Whitby cannot be paired with 09:00.
  22. Step 22: St Ives and Deal must use 09:00 and 10:00 between them. Those two items cannot belong to Whitby. Whitby cannot be paired with 10:00.
  23. Step 23: Suppose Jack is paired with Whitby. Under the established grid, this leaves 2 arrangements. Applying the clues eliminates all of them, so this assumption is impossible. Jack cannot be paired with Whitby. Clue 2 (Nora comes 2 places before Sam in the Arrival times order.) removes 1 arrangements; 1 remain. Clue 4 (Deal comes 2 places before Tenby in the Arrival times order.) removes 1 arrangements; 0 remain.
  24. Step 24: Suppose Jack is paired with Deal. Under the established grid, this leaves 4 arrangements. Applying the clues eliminates all of them, so this assumption is impossible. Jack cannot be paired with Deal. Clue 2 (Nora comes 2 places before Sam in the Arrival times order.) removes 2 arrangements; 2 remain. Clue 4 (Deal comes 2 places before Tenby in the Arrival times order.) removes 2 arrangements; 0 remain.
  25. Step 25: All other Towns choices for Jack have been eliminated. Jack must be paired with Tenby.
  26. Step 26: All other Travellers choices for Deal have been eliminated. Alice must be paired with Deal.
  27. Step 27: Alice is already matched to Deal; each item is used once. Alice cannot be paired with Whitby.
  28. Step 28: All other Travellers choices for Whitby have been eliminated. Sam must be paired with Whitby.
  29. Step 29: Sam is already matched to Whitby; each item is used once. Sam cannot be paired with Tenby.
  30. Step 30: Jack and 09:00 have no possible Towns item in common, so they cannot belong together. Jack cannot be paired with 09:00.
  31. Step 31: Jack and 10:00 have no possible Towns item in common, so they cannot belong together. Jack cannot be paired with 10:00.
  32. Step 32: All other Arrival times choices for Jack have been eliminated. Jack must be paired with 11:00.
  33. Step 33: 11:00 is already matched to Jack; each item is used once. Alice cannot be paired with 11:00.
  34. Step 34: 11:00 is already matched to Jack; each item is used once. Sam cannot be paired with 11:00.
  35. Step 35: All other Arrival times choices for Sam have been eliminated. Sam must be paired with 12:00.
  36. Step 36: 12:00 is already matched to Sam; each item is used once. Alice cannot be paired with 12:00.
  37. Step 37: Clue 2: placing Nora at 09:00 leaves no valid later position for Sam at the required gap of 2. Nora cannot be paired with 09:00.
  38. Step 38: All other Arrival times choices for Nora have been eliminated. Nora must be paired with 10:00.
  39. Step 39: All other Travellers choices for 09:00 have been eliminated. Alice must be paired with 09:00.
  40. Step 40: Alice is already matched to 09:00; each item is used once. Alice cannot be paired with 10:00.
  41. Step 41: Whitby and 11:00 have no possible Travellers item in common, so they cannot belong together. Whitby cannot be paired with 11:00.
  42. Step 42: All other Arrival times choices for Whitby have been eliminated. Whitby must be paired with 12:00.
  43. Step 43: All other Towns choices for 11:00 have been eliminated. Tenby must be paired with 11:00.
  44. Step 44: Tenby is already matched to 11:00; each item is used once. Tenby cannot be paired with 12:00.
  45. Step 45: Clue 4: placing Deal at 10:00 leaves no valid later position for Tenby at the required gap of 2. Deal cannot be paired with 10:00.
  46. Step 46: All other Towns choices for 10:00 have been eliminated. St Ives must be paired with 10:00.
  47. Step 47: St Ives is already matched to 10:00; each item is used once. St Ives cannot be paired with 09:00.
  48. Step 48: All other Arrival times choices for Deal have been eliminated. Deal must be paired with 09:00.

Answer key

Nora · St Ives · 10:00

Jack · Tenby · 11:00

Alice · Deal · 09:00

Sam · Whitby · 12:00

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