Who killed Bernard?

Extra hard, 11 clues

8 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 9 wide by 8 tall plan. Work out where each of them was, the victim included. Whoever was alone with the victim did it.

Stand or sit onstagehay baleice rinksledge

Only besidespotlightpianocowbarbarrelsnowmanlanternChristmas treestallpresents

Tap a square or drag Elf Pim. Hold for a note.

Elf PimHe was alone with Charlotte.

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.

Elf PimSelected
He was alone with Charlotte.
Ayla
She was in the Christmas square, beside a lantern.
She was either beside the piano or a sledge.
Russell
His row lay between Imogen’s and Thomas’s.
He was beside the snowman.
Charlotte
She was beside a barrel.
Imogen
She was in a room with one woman.
She was not beside the Christmas tree, the stage or the presents.
Thomas
He was either beside a lantern or the piano.
Sophie
She was the only person at the mulled wine bar.
Bernard
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 room with two men: exactly two men in the same room, no more and no fewer. The person themself does not count, the victim does.

0 of 8 placed

Place everyone first, the victim too.

If it is not right yet, checking costs 30 seconds and does not say how many are wrong.