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The Boby's Helmet Logic Puzzle

Three young men, Jack Horner, Tommy Tittlemouse and John Silver, appeared before presiding Magistrate Percival Plunkett at the Longstreet Magistrates Court. The magistrate stated that he had his doubts as to the veracity of the young men who appeared before him, and had reason to believe that those names were, in fact, assumed and fictitious. What was their crime? The night before, each had stalked a London Bobby - who is more acutely aware of being stalked as prey than any beast of the wild - and procured his helmet which is said to have a supremely palliative effect in alleviating ailments if taken before going to bed. Caring friends had advised Gregory Greensleeves, Pontious Proctor and Ullyses Upton to procure the helmets to alleviate the pains of a lost horse race wager, a ruined holiday and a failed romance. Thus it was that, in the line of duty, PCs Brown, Black and Grey lost their protective headgear. Various techniques were employed in acquiring the prize helmets, a flying tackle, a shove and grab and a hand it over. From this information and the following clues, for each of the men, can you determine who nabbed which PC's helmet, using which technique, for what reason and under what name did he appear in court?

  • 1. The assailant of P.C. Grey, who did not employ the hand it over technique, did not assume the name of Tommy Tittlemouse.
  • 2. P.C. Black was not attacked because someone had lost money on a horse race wager.
  • 3. This year it was Pontious Proctor's turn to use the classic moniker, John Silver.
  • 4. Pontious Proctor and the fellow who tried to execute the hand it over had a good laugh later, recalling how one had enjoyed using the name Tommy Tittlemouse and the other had quite gotten over the matter of the lost race wager.
  • 5. Gregory Greensleeves and the chap who pulled off the hand it over are also, in some order, Tommy Tittlemouse and the fellow who removed Officer Black's helmet.
  • 6. The fellow who was brought up before the court under the name Jack Horner was only trying to work off his heartbreak caused by a recent ruined holiday when he tried for his helmet - but he didn't use the flying tackle.
  • 7. Ullyses Upton did not try either the flying tackle nor the shove & grab.
  • 1. The assailant of P.C. Grey, who did not employ the hand it over technique, did not assume the name of Tommy Tittlemouse.
  • 2. P.C. Black was not attacked because someone had lost money on a horse race wager.
  • 3. This year it was Pontious Proctor's turn to use the classic moniker, John Silver.
  • 4. Pontious Proctor and the fellow who tried to execute the hand it over had a good laugh later, recalling how one had enjoyed using the name Tommy Tittlemouse and the other had quite gotten over the matter of the lost race wager.
  • 5. Gregory Greensleeves and the chap who pulled off the hand it over are also, in some order, Tommy Tittlemouse and the fellow who removed Officer Black's helmet.
  • 6. The fellow who was brought up before the court under the name Jack Horner was only trying to work off his heartbreak caused by a recent ruined holiday when he tried for his helmet - but he didn't use the flying tackle.
  • 7. Ullyses Upton did not try either the flying tackle nor the shove & grab.

Observation: This table is automatically filled accordingly to the grid.

How to play

  • The first step is to read the clues and find the most basic ones;
  • Those clues can be marked on the grid without using any other information;
  • After this, you will need to read the clues again and use logic deduction;
  • Click on a clue to mark it as used;
  • The answer table is filled automatically.

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