Mörderisches Sudoku — die Fälle vom 12. August 2026
Alle Detektive der Welt bekamen am 12. August 2026 dieselben Tatorte: jede Schwierigkeit wird zweimal veröffentlicht, einmal in Ruhe und einmal im Zeitangriff. Jeder Fall wird erzeugt und dann vor der Veröffentlichung bewiesen genau eine logische Lösung zu haben — auch die Fälle, in denen jemand lügt. Sie setzen jede verdächtige Person allein anhand ihrer Aussage auf den Plan: genau eine pro Reihe, nie zwei in einer Spalte. Wer mit dem Opfer allein bleibt, war es.
Anfänger — Das Hotel Meridian
Ein 5×5-Raster über 3 Räume.
Bisher von 4 Detektiven gelöst.
Anfänger · Zeitangriff — Die Autowerkstatt
Ein 5×5-Raster über 4 Räume.
Leicht — Die geheimnisvolle Insel
Ein 6×6-Raster über 4 Räume.
Bisher von 3 Detektiven gelöst.
Leicht · Zeitangriff — Der Golfplatz
Ein 6×6-Raster über 4 Räume.
Mittel · Zeitangriff — Die alte Sternwarte
Ein 8×7-Raster über 6 Räume.
Mittel — Die Kunstakademie
Ein 7×7-Raster über 6 Räume.
Bisher von 2 Detektiven gelöst.
Schwer — Der Zoo
Ein 8×8-Raster über 6 Räume.
Schwer · Zeitangriff — Ein Spaziergang im Park
Ein 9×8-Raster über 7 Räume.
Experte — Die geheimnisvolle Insel
Ein 9×9-Raster über 8 Räume.
Die Wendung: eine verdächtige Person ist Komplizin: jede ihrer Aussagen ist falsch; die Anklage verlangt auch das Motiv, nicht nur den Namen.
Experte · Zeitangriff — Das Hotel Meridian
Ein 10×9-Raster über 8 Räume.
Die Wendung: die Anklage verlangt auch das Motiv, nicht nur den Namen.
The day in review
The twelfth of August proved a quiet day on the docket, with only a few standard boards seeing any footwork at all. At The
Fastest detectives of the day
Beginner: david — 0m 33s · Easy: david — 1m 23s · Medium: david — 5m 25s
The solutions
The solved boards — spoilers for every case of 12 August 2026
Key: red ring = the murderer · amber dashes = the lying accomplice · ✕ = the victim · initials mark where each suspect was proved to stand.
Beginner — The Hotel Meridian
Nora (professor) was named and charged; 4 detectives closed this one.
Easy — The Mystery Island
The cell door shut on Lorenzo (butler), on the evidence of 3 detectives.
Medium — The Art School
2 detectives put Gordon (magician) away before the day was out.
Hard — The Zoo
Elena (heiress) walked free: nobody closed this case. A berth on the sleeper train was booked that evening under a name nobody recognized.
Expert — The Mystery Island
Conrad (magician) is still at large — the day ended without a conviction. The harbormaster remembers a late rowboat and no lantern. The debts were settled in full, in cash. Elias lied for them and was never charged.
Beginner · time attack — The Repair Shop
Nobody named Tobias (chauffeur); the file stays open. The morning mail brought a postcard with no signature and a foreign stamp.
Easy · time attack — The Golf Course
Bruno (colonel) slipped away — no detective cracked this board. A hired car left the coast road before dawn and was never returned.
Medium · time attack — The Old Observatory
Walter (colonel) was never charged — the day produced no conviction. Last seen boarding the night ferry with a single case.
Hard · time attack — A Walk in the Park
Gordon (gardener) walked free: nobody closed this case. A berth on the sleeper train was booked that evening under a name nobody recognized.
Expert · time attack — The Hotel Meridian
Horacio (magician) is still at large — the day ended without a conviction. The harbormaster remembers a late rowboat and no lantern. The inheritance was quietly claimed.
Nora (professor) was named and charged; 4 detectives closed this one.
The cell door shut on Lorenzo (butler), on the evidence of 3 detectives.
2 detectives put Gordon (magician) away before the day was out.
Elena (heiress) walked free: nobody closed this case. A berth on the sleeper train was booked that evening under a name nobody recognized.
Nobody named Tobias (chauffeur); the file stays open. The morning mail brought a postcard with no signature and a foreign stamp.
Bruno (colonel) slipped away — no detective cracked this board. A hired car left the coast road before dawn and was never returned.
Gordon (gardener) walked free: nobody closed this case. A berth on the sleeper train was booked that evening under a name nobody recognized.