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DAILY DEDUCTION · 2026-11-05 UTC

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Match the readers to the genres 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.

Readers × Genres

Readers matched with Genres
ReadersMysteryHistoryPoetryFantasy
Maya
Noah
Eva
Liam

Readers × Arrival times

Readers matched with Arrival times
Readers09:0010:0011:0012:00
Maya
Noah
Eva
Liam

Genres × Arrival times

Genres matched with Arrival times
Genres09:0010:0011:0012:00
Mystery
History
Poetry
Fantasy
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Clues

  1. Maya is paired with exactly one of 11:00 or 12:00.
  2. Fantasy is paired with exactly one of 09:00 or 11:00.
  3. Mystery comes immediately before Poetry in the Arrival times order.
  4. Eva is paired with exactly one of 10:00 or 11:00.
  5. Eva is paired with exactly one of Mystery or History.
  6. Mystery is paired with exactly one of 09:00 or 10:00.
  7. Noah is not paired with 09:00.
  8. Noah is not paired with Poetry.
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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 3/4 · 48 verified grid deductions · 0 counterfactuals. Difficulty measures the rules used by this solver, not a promised completion time.

  1. Step 1: Clue 7: Noah is not paired with 09:00. Noah cannot be paired with 09:00.
  2. Step 2: Clue 8: Noah is not paired with Poetry. Noah cannot be paired with Poetry.
  3. Step 3: Clue 1 restricts Maya to 11:00 or 12:00. Maya cannot be paired with 09:00.
  4. Step 4: Clue 1 restricts Maya to 11:00 or 12:00. Maya cannot be paired with 10:00.
  5. Step 5: Clue 2 restricts Fantasy to 09:00 or 11:00. Fantasy cannot be paired with 10:00.
  6. Step 6: Clue 2 restricts Fantasy to 09:00 or 11:00. Fantasy cannot be paired with 12:00.
  7. Step 7: Clue 3: placing Mystery at 12:00 leaves no valid later position for Poetry at the required gap of 1. Mystery cannot be paired with 12:00.
  8. Step 8: Clue 3: placing Poetry at 09:00 leaves no valid earlier position for Mystery at the required gap of 1. Poetry cannot be paired with 09:00.
  9. Step 9: Clue 4 restricts Eva to 10:00 or 11:00. Eva cannot be paired with 09:00.
  10. Step 10: All other Readers choices for 09:00 have been eliminated. Liam must be paired with 09:00.
  11. Step 11: Liam is already matched to 09:00; each item is used once. Liam cannot be paired with 10:00.
  12. Step 12: Liam is already matched to 09:00; each item is used once. Liam cannot be paired with 11:00.
  13. Step 13: Liam is already matched to 09:00; each item is used once. Liam cannot be paired with 12:00.
  14. Step 14: Clue 4 restricts Eva to 10:00 or 11:00. Eva cannot be paired with 12:00.
  15. Step 15: Clue 5 restricts Eva to Mystery or History. Eva cannot be paired with Poetry.
  16. Step 16: Clue 5 restricts Eva to Mystery or History. Eva cannot be paired with Fantasy.
  17. Step 17: Clue 6 restricts Mystery to 09:00 or 10:00. Mystery cannot be paired with 11:00.
  18. Step 18: Clue 3: placing Poetry at 12:00 leaves no valid earlier position for Mystery at the required gap of 1. Poetry cannot be paired with 12:00.
  19. Step 19: All other Genres choices for 12:00 have been eliminated. History must be paired with 12:00.
  20. Step 20: History is already matched to 12:00; each item is used once. History cannot be paired with 09:00.
  21. Step 21: History is already matched to 12:00; each item is used once. History cannot be paired with 10:00.
  22. Step 22: History is already matched to 12:00; each item is used once. History cannot be paired with 11:00.
  23. Step 23: Maya and Mystery have no possible Arrival times item in common, so they cannot belong together. Maya cannot be paired with Mystery.
  24. Step 24: Eva and History have no possible Arrival times item in common, so they cannot belong together. Eva cannot be paired with History.
  25. Step 25: All other Genres choices for Eva have been eliminated. Eva must be paired with Mystery.
  26. Step 26: Mystery is already matched to Eva; each item is used once. Noah cannot be paired with Mystery.
  27. Step 27: Mystery is already matched to Eva; each item is used once. Liam cannot be paired with Mystery.
  28. Step 28: Liam and History have no possible Arrival times item in common, so they cannot belong together. Liam cannot be paired with History.
  29. Step 29: Liam and Poetry have no possible Arrival times item in common, so they cannot belong together. Liam cannot be paired with Poetry.
  30. Step 30: All other Readers choices for Poetry have been eliminated. Maya must be paired with Poetry.
  31. Step 31: Maya is already matched to Poetry; each item is used once. Maya cannot be paired with History.
  32. Step 32: Maya is already matched to Poetry; each item is used once. Maya cannot be paired with Fantasy.
  33. Step 33: All other Readers choices for History have been eliminated. Noah must be paired with History.
  34. Step 34: Noah is already matched to History; each item is used once. Noah cannot be paired with Fantasy.
  35. Step 35: All other Genres choices for Liam have been eliminated. Liam must be paired with Fantasy.
  36. Step 36: Maya and 12:00 have no possible Genres item in common, so they cannot belong together. Maya cannot be paired with 12:00.
  37. Step 37: All other Arrival times choices for Maya have been eliminated. Maya must be paired with 11:00.
  38. Step 38: 11:00 is already matched to Maya; each item is used once. Noah cannot be paired with 11:00.
  39. Step 39: All other Readers choices for 12:00 have been eliminated. Noah must be paired with 12:00.
  40. Step 40: Noah is already matched to 12:00; each item is used once. Noah cannot be paired with 10:00.
  41. Step 41: All other Readers choices for 10:00 have been eliminated. Eva must be paired with 10:00.
  42. Step 42: Eva is already matched to 10:00; each item is used once. Eva cannot be paired with 11:00.
  43. Step 43: Mystery and 09:00 have no possible Readers item in common, so they cannot belong together. Mystery cannot be paired with 09:00.
  44. Step 44: All other Arrival times choices for Mystery have been eliminated. Mystery must be paired with 10:00.
  45. Step 45: 10:00 is already matched to Mystery; each item is used once. Poetry cannot be paired with 10:00.
  46. Step 46: All other Arrival times choices for Poetry have been eliminated. Poetry must be paired with 11:00.
  47. Step 47: All other Genres choices for 09:00 have been eliminated. Fantasy must be paired with 09:00.
  48. Step 48: Fantasy is already matched to 09:00; each item is used once. Fantasy cannot be paired with 11:00.

Answer key

Maya · Poetry · 11:00

Noah · History · 12:00

Eva · Mystery · 10:00

Liam · Fantasy · 09:00

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