Who killed Victor?

Extra hard, 9 clues

8 people were in the building, and one of them did not come out. Everyone was on a different square, one to a row and one to a column, on the 8 by 8 plan. Work out where each of them was, the victim included. Whoever was alone with the victim did it.

Stand or sit oncable carseatsledgecoucharmchairhot tubbench

Only besidetreeskisreindeercoat rackfireplacedogsnowman

Tap a square or drag Guide Hank. Hold for a note.

Guide HankHe was in the fireside room, beside a couch.

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.

Guide HankSelected
He was in the fireside room, beside a couch.
Cleo
She was in the same room as Sophie.
Erin
She was either beside a cable car or a bench.
Jamie
He was alone.
He was beside the reindeer.
Lola
She was either beside an armchair or the window.
Mason
He was either beside a tree or the reindeer.
Sophie
She was either beside the hot tub or a sledge.
Victor
The victim. He was on the one square nobody else can have, in the same room as the murderer.

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.

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.