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The Garden Contest

Four neighbors entered the garden contest, and the judges visited their entries one after another. Use the clues to match every gardener to their entry and their place in the judging order.

Difficulty: hard

Clues

The tomatoes were judged before the pumpkin.
The pumpkin was judged before the dahlias.
Elmer's entry was judged last.
Elmer grew the zucchini.
Ida did not grow the tomatoes.
Ida's entry was judged before Cora's.

Logic Grid

Mark each cell with ✘ (no) or ○ (yes) to eliminate possibilities.

	Entry				Judged
	Tomatoes	Pumpkin	Dahlias	Zucchini	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Verna
Elmer
Ida
Cora
Tomatoes
Pumpkin
Dahlias
Zucchini

Answer Key — The Garden Contest

Person	Entry	Judged
Verna	Tomatoes	First
Elmer	Zucchini	Fourth
Ida	Pumpkin	Second
Cora	Dahlias	Third

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