Case Grid 016 · North Research Lab · Zebra Logic Grid

The Quiet Centrifuge

At North Research Lab, four accounts crossed four places and four objects. Match every person to close the quiet centrifuge.

Goal Use each exact clue to complete all four matches.

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People, places, and objects in The Quiet Centrifuge

At North Research Lab, four accounts crossed four places and four objects. Match every person to close the quiet centrifuge.

People

  • Esme Young
  • Amara Wells
  • Dev Malik
  • Basil Kim

Places

  • Glass Corridor
  • Clean Room
  • Airlock
  • Sample Desk

Objects

  • White Canister
  • Calibration Card
  • Culture Plate
  • Lab Notebook

Exact clues

  1. White Canister was logged at Clean Room.
  2. Calibration Card was not logged at Clean Room.
  3. Basil Kim was assigned to Sample Desk.
  4. Esme Young was not assigned to Airlock.
  5. Esme Young did not carry White Canister.
  6. Dev Malik was not assigned to Clean Room.
  7. Calibration Card was not logged at Airlock.
  8. Lab Notebook was not logged at Airlock.
  9. Esme Young did not carry Lab Notebook.
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Esme Young was matched to Glass Corridor with Calibration Card. Once that link was fixed, every remaining account in the quiet centrifuge had only one possible place.

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How to play

Exclude. Tap a blank cell once to mark an impossible match.

Confirm. Tap again to lock a match and clear its row and column.

Connect. Two linked matches automatically complete the third matrix.

Case Grid belongs to the classic Zebra-puzzle family: every clue connects categories until one complete set of matches remains.