ACC LOGIC PUZZLE WALKTHROUGH

Step-by-step instructions

(Green circles are “clues used” and red circles are “new squares”)

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First Clue

From this clue, can deduce ‘Clemson’ is in D1

The nickname for the school in Miami, FL, the ‘Hurricanes’, will go in the bottom right corner

Previous clue will put ‘North Carolina’ in C2 and ‘Yellow Jackets’ in C5

Clues in A1 and C2 will give ‘Duke’ in B1

B1 clue gives ‘Virginia Tech’ in the top right corner

Dave Doeren coaches a team with the nickname

‘Wolfpack’, put in B5

Chris Paul has #3, so with the clues in B5 and C5,

‘Georgia Tech’ goes in A3

Miami (FL) beat Nebraska in 2002 BCS Championship game, so ‘Miami’ goes in bottom left

Bottom left corner clue gives ‘Notre Dame’ below Clemson in D2

Using last clues in A5 and D2, ‘Syracuse’ will go in C4 because it’s adjacent to B5 but not A5

Lamar Jackson’s ‘Louisville’ team beat the Seminoles 63-20 back in 2016, so goes in A2

‘NC State’ is the only school viable to go in B2 and the ‘Demon Deacons’ are in Winston-Salem, A4

Use the clue in A4 to put ‘Pittsburgh’ in the middle of the fifth (5) column, Jameis Winston’s number

‘Cavaliers’ go directly to the right, in F3. They beat Texas Tech Red Raiders the win bball champ in 2019

‘Panthers’ could go in E2 or E4, but since they aren’t orange (B5), can only go in E4

Clue in E4 makes ‘Wake Forest’ go in F4

Using clue in D2, only option left for ‘Boston College’ is E5. Immediately after, F4 clue gives ‘Eagles’ in D4

Brian Kelly (E5) is current football coach at Notre Dame, so their nickname, ‘Fighting Irish’, goes in C3

At this point, use the former clue in C2 to put

‘Tar Heels’ in B3 since nickname is in other diagonal and is not associated with orange (B5)

B2 clue now results in ‘Blue Devils’ being placed in C1

Two options could go into D3, and since both (Hokies and Tigers) are orange themed (B5), must use D4 clue to deduce that ‘Tigers’ go in D3

Now D3 clue explicitly put ‘Hokies’ in F2

The Virginia Tech Hokies rival is the Virginia Cavaliers, so ‘Virginia’ goes in fourth column

(4 - Deshaun Watson’s number)

Only Syracuse and Louisville nicknames remain, but only one of them is ‘Orange’ (B5), so must go in E2

Now, clues D4 and D5 put Louisville’s nickname,

‘Cardinals’ in E1.

Last clue, makes ‘Florida State’ go in the final square since this is the school associated with Seminoles.

QUIZ COMPLETE