Mind Bender

[Mary Zimmermann]

A cat, a small dog, a goat, and a horse are named Angel, Beauty, King, and Rover. From the clues below, find each animal's name.

King is smaller than either the dog or Rover.
The horse is younger than Angel.
Beauty is the oldest and is a good friend of the dog.

[mafou]

Dog = Angel
Goat = Beauty
Cat = King
Horse = Rover

I used O to indicate an animal-name pairing that has been rules out and X to indicate a pairing that has been identified. I eventually arrived at the following solution:


……...A…….....B…….....K……....…R……..
-----------------------------------------------
c-----O-------O--------X---------O--------
------------------------------------------------
d-----X-------O--------O---------O--------
------------------------------------------------
g-----O-------X--------O---------O--------
------------------------------------------------
h-----O-------O--------O---------X--------
------------------------------------------------

[Ammarah]

That's how I do it too!..... erm, in a puzzle book that is :o