Morning at the Foundry Gate — Daily puzzle for 2026-10-01

Medium — logic-grid deduction puzzle

Four inspectors arrive one by one at the old foundry gate, each with a badge and a snack, and the gatekeeper's notes must sort out who was who.

Before the morning shift, Grace, Oliver, Henry and Lucy came to the old foundry gate for the inspection, one after another. Each wore a badge pinned to their coat and carried a little snack for the long day ahead. The gatekeeper wrote every arrival in the ledger. But in all the bustle the badges and snacks got muddled, and now only a few notes are left to set things straight.

Clues

1. Grace arrived at the gate before Oliver.
2. Of Henry and Lucy, one wore the ivory badge and the other the bronze badge.
3. The inspector with the ivory badge arrived after the one with the jade badge and before the one with the bronze badge.
4. Of the inspectors wearing the jade badge and the ivory badge, one brought the cocoa tart and the other the sesame roll.
5. The inspector with the lemon bun arrived right after the one wearing the jade badge.
6. Henry got to the gate before Lucy.
7. The inspector wearing the jade badge did not bring the sesame roll.

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