Ink on the Ledger — Daily puzzle for 2026-10-14

Easy — logic-grid deduction puzzle

Spilled ink has blotted out the ledger page where Kirsten, Lucius, Mirabel and Norbert wrote down their morning calls.

The little switchroom had only just come through its morning rush. Four lines ran in a row along the board, from the first to the fourth. Kirsten, Lucius, Mirabel and Norbert had each worked one of them and taken one call apiece. Then somebody's elbow caught the ink bottle. The ink ran right across the ledger where every call gets written down, and the whole morning's page became one big black blot. The plugs were already back in their holes, so the board couldn't help either. Now the four of them have to put the morning back together from what they remember.

Clues

1. Kirsten and Lucius worked the first and second lines between them.
2. The doctor rang on a line somewhere before the baker's.
3. The baker's line came before the engine driver's.
4. The engine driver called on an earlier line than the mayor.
5. The call about the birth was on the line right after the telegram call.
6. The weather call was on the line right before the taxi call.
7. Of Kirsten and Mirabel, one took the doctor's call and the other took the call about the weather.

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