Who killed Marcus?

Hard, 9 clues

6 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 7 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 onarmchaircouchbenchhot tubsledge

Only besidefireplacecookertablecoat rackreindeerskis

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

AmyShe was in a room with one man.She was beside the reindeer.She was in the largest room.

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.

AmySelected
She was in a room with one man.
She was beside the reindeer.
She was in the largest room.
Dev
He was in a corner of the ski room.
Eve
She was beside the reindeer.
Instructor Pete
He was the only person in the dining hall.
He was in the same column as the cooker.
Theo
He was either beside the cooker or a couch.
Marcus
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.
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.
The largest room: the room with the most squares, furniture included. The smallest: the one with the fewest.

0 of 6 placed

Place everyone first, the victim too.

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