Yukti #23

Sunday 1 November 2026 · The spirit's riddle · Tough

Kind of thinking: Deduction

Yukti #23 was a Tough spirit's riddle, the puzzle for Sunday 1 November 2026. Yukti, a daily logic puzzle at playyukti.com, gives everyone the same puzzle each day. Here is the puzzle, and its shortest route with the reason for every step.

The puzzle

The spirit's riddle

Four travellers came to the forest inn, each on a different night, each from a different town, each carrying one thing.

  1. 1. Neither Asha nor the one with the flute came from the river town.
  2. 2. The one who came on Wednesday isn't Kiran.
  3. 3. Meera didn't carry anything made of brass.
  4. 4. Neither Dev nor the one with the lamp came from the fort town.
  5. 5. Asha didn't carry anything that gives light.
  6. 6. The traveller from the market town isn't Asha.
  7. 7. The one with the flute came on an earlier night than Kiran.
  8. 8. Meera came on an earlier night than the one with the flute.
  9. 9. The one who came on Tuesday isn't Asha.
  10. 10. The one who came on Wednesday carried the pot or the lamp.
  11. 11. The traveller from the river town and the traveller from the market town came on nights next to each other.

Then the spirit asks: who carried the flute?

What is the shortest route?

12 steps. Each one follows from the steps before it, and says why.

  1. 1

    Dev carried the flute.

    Try any other thing and clues 7, 8, 9, and 10 can't all be true.

  2. 2

    Kiran carried the lamp.

    Clues 3 and 5 together leave only this choice.

  3. 3

    Meera came on Monday.

    Clues 7, 8, and 10 together leave only this choice.

  4. 4

    Kiran came on Thursday.

    It can't be Tuesday (clue 7) or Wednesday (clue 2).

  5. 5

    Dev came on Tuesday.

    Clue 9 leaves only this choice.

  6. 6

    Asha came on Wednesday.

    It's the only night left.

  7. 7

    Meera carried the drum.

    Clue 10 leaves only this choice.

  8. 8

    Asha carried the pot.

    It's the only thing left.

  9. 9

    Meera came from the river town.

    Clues 1, 6, and 11 together leave only this choice.

  10. 10

    Asha came from the fort town.

    Clue 4 leaves only this choice.

  11. 11

    Kiran came from the hill town.

    Clue 11 leaves only this choice.

  12. 12

    Dev came from the market town.

    It's the only town left.

The answer to the spirit: Dev carried the flute.

Step 1 is the key step: you test every other choice, and none of them fits.

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