Puzzle 37: A New Fire Burns

Puzzle Walkthrough

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Start by chaining all the timed reactions to the “Silent” diner. The Pizza diner is Silent, and four other clues peg fixed offsets from that same person: the Relieved diner finishes 21 minutes after Silent, the Smirking Fish Skewers diner is 8 minutes after Silent, the Concerned Crab Cakes diner is 12 minutes after Relieved (so 33 after Silent), and the Excited diner is 15 minutes after Concerned (so 48 after Silent).

Only one start time lets all four offsets land on valid times: Silent must be 10:46, which forces Smirking Fish Skewers to 10:54, Relieved to 11:07, Concerned Crab Cakes to 11:19, and Excited to 11:34. The “Shocked” diner on Coconut Waffles finishes after 11:45, so they’re 11:50.

Next, lock the breakfast chain. Pancakes must be exactly 8 minutes before Omelet and 64 minutes before the Breakfast Sandwich. The only schedule that fits the time grid is Pancakes at 10:30, Omelet at 10:38, and the Breakfast Sandwich at 11:34. That makes the 11:34 diner (already pegged as Excited) the Breakfast Sandwich eater.

Jane must finish before 10:50 but after Cassidy, so the early trio (10:30, 10:38, 10:46) must be Cassidy, Jane, and the Silent Pizza diner. To keep Natasha “Unfazed” and still earlier than the Smirking diner at 10:54, let Cassidy take 10:30 (Pancakes with Numb), Jane take 10:46 (the Silent Pizza), and Natasha take 10:38 (Omelet with Unfazed).

With that, Harper’s fixed reaction “Relieved” lands at 11:07, and since Harper can’t pick Pizza or Pancakes, her only remaining meal is the Pastry Basket. Suri cannot choose Pancakes, Pastry Basket, or Pizza, and must finish no earlier than 11:30 while still before Finn; the only fit is 11:34, which we already set as the Breakfast Sandwich with the Excited reaction—so Suri is the Excited Breakfast Sandwich diner at 11:34.

Finn can’t finish before 11:15 and must be later than Suri, so Finn is 11:50, which matches the Shocked Coconut Waffles. The last open seat (11:19) becomes the Concerned Crab Cakes diner, which assigns Mina there. Dante then fills the remaining early time 10:54, giving him the Smirking Fish Skewers.

Every remaining constraint now checks: Pizza/Silent (Jane) is before both seafood plates (Dante’s Fish Skewers and Mina’s Crab Cakes), Harper = Relieved, and all offsets line up exactly.

Answers

Cassidy finished at 10:30, chose Pancakes, and felt Numb.
Natasha finished at 10:38, chose Omelet, and was Unfazed.
Jane finished at 10:46, chose Pizza, and was Silent.
Dante finished at 10:54, chose Fish Skewers, and was Smirking.
Harper finished at 11:07, chose the Pastry Basket, and felt Relieved.
Mina finished at 11:19, chose Crab Cakes, and felt Concerned.
Suri finished at 11:34, chose the Breakfast Sandwich, and was Excited.
Finn finished at 11:50, chose Coconut Waffles, and was Shocked.

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