Who killed Lewis?

Hard, 9 clues

7 people were in the building, and one of them did not come out. Everyone was on a different square, never two in one row or one column, on the 8 wide by 7 tall plan. Work out where each of them was, the victim included. Whoever was alone with the victim did it.

Stand or sit oncircus ringseat

Only besidecoat rackhorsecratedogtrapezecannonspotlightcampfireguitar

Tap a square or drag Sarah. Hold for a note.

SarahShe was beside a crate.

The cards

Pick a person by tapping the photo on their card, the victim too. Then tap a square to put them there, or drag the photo onto it. At this difficulty the game does not cross off rows and columns for you, unless you switch on Cross off for me. Holding a square, or switching the pencil on, makes a note. Keyboard: Enter places, Shift and Enter makes a note.

SarahSelected
She was beside a crate.
Bilal
He was beside the ring.
Rachel
She was beside a crate.
Theo
He was in the big top, beside the cannon.
Helen
She was in a corner of the big top.
Warren
His row lay between Theo’s and Rachel’s.
He was either beside the trapeze or a crate.
He was alone with Rachel.
Lewis
The victim. He was alone with the murderer, in a room with nobody else in it.

Good to know

Beside: on one of the four squares directly above, below, left or right, in the same room. Diagonally does not count, and neither does through a wall. A window or door in the wall of your square is beside you.
Alone: nobody else in the same room, the victim included. Alone with someone: those two, and nobody else in that room.
In a corner: on a square of that room where two of its walls meet. The end of a narrow corridor counts too.

0 of 7 placed

Place everyone first, the victim too.

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