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Who owns the zebra?

Five houses stand in a row, numbered 1 to 5 from left to right. Each has a different colour, and each is occupied by a person of a different nationality, who drinks a different drink, smokes a different brand and keeps a different pet.

  1. The Englishman lives in the red house.
  2. The Spaniard owns the dog.
  3. Coffee is drunk in the green house.
  4. The Ukrainian drinks tea.
  5. The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house.
  6. The Old Gold smoker owns snails.
  7. Kools are smoked in the yellow house.
  8. Milk is drunk in the middle house.
  9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
  10. The Chesterfield smoker lives next to the man with the fox.
  11. Kools are smoked in the house next to the house with the horse.
  12. The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice.
  13. The Japanese smokes Parliament.
  14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
  15. Each of the five houses has a different colour from each of the others (and likewise for nationalities, drinks, brands and pets).

Who drinks water? Who owns the zebra?

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Start with the certainties: the Norwegian in house 1 (clue 9), milk in house 3 (clue 8), and the blue house in position 2 (clue 14). Then place the ivory-green pair (clue 5) and let the colours force the rest.

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