| The Wodgeweed thimbles are in a 3x3 curio box; we will label the top row of
the box left-to-right as 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3; the middle row left-to-right
as 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3; and the bottom row left-to-right as 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3.
By clue 1, the Henry the VIII thimble is in one of the four corner boxes
and isn't in the top row; it must be in 3-1 or 3-3. Trying 3-3, the yellow
thimble would be in 2-3 (clue 1). By clue 5, the Diana, Princess of Wales
thimble would be in the center position, 2-2, with the green thimble in 1-1.
Then by clue 8, the Charles Dickens thimble would be in 1-3, with the
Diana, Princess of Wales thimble the purple one. By clue 3, the Winston
Churchill thimble would be in 3-2 and the blue thimble in 3-1, in the same
column as the green thimble--no (9). So, the Henry the VIII thimble isn't
in 3-3 and is in 3-1, with the yellow thimble in 2-1 (1). By clue 8, the
purple thimble is either the Henry VIII or is in 2-2. Trying the purple
thimble in 2-2, the Charles Dickens thimble would be in 1-3 (8). By clue 5,
the green thimble would be in 1-1, with the purple thimble the one of
Diana, Princess of Wales. Since the blue and green thimbles are in different
columns of the curio box (9), by clue 3, the blue thimble would be in 3-2
and the Winston Churchill in 3-3. By clue 7, the Charles Dickens thimble
would be pink, with the King Arthur one in 2-3. By clue 4, the Sherlock
Holmes thimble must be in 3-2, with the black and orange thimbles in the
two remaining holes in the rightmost column of the box. Then by clue 6,
the brown thimble would be in 1-2. By elimination, the red thimble would be
the Henry VIII--no (10). So, the purple thimble in clue 8 isn't in 2-2
and is the Henry VIII, with the Charles Dickens thimble in 2-2. By clue 5,
the Charles Dickens thimble is green, and the Diana, Princess of Wales one
is in cell 3-3. Since the blue and green thimbles are in different
columns of the curio box (9), by clue 3, the blue thimble must be in 1-1
and the Winston Churchill in 1-2. By clue 7, the pink thimble is in 1-3
and the King Arthur one in 2-3. By clue 4, the Sherlock Holmes thimble is
in 2-1 or 3-2. If it were in 2-1, the black and orange thimbles would be
in 1-2 and 3-2 or vice versa (4)--by clue 2, black would be in 1-2 and
orange in 3-2. By clue 6, however, the Beatles thimble would be in 2-1, where
the Sherlock Holmes thimble already would be. So, by clue 4, the Sherlock Holmes
thimble is in 3-2. By clues 2 and 4, the black thimble is in 2-3 and the
orange in 3-3, with cell 2-1 holding the William Shakespeare thimble. By
clue 6, the Beatles thimble is in 1-1 and the brown thimble in 1-2. By
elimination, the Robin Hood thimble is in 1-3 and the Sherlock Holmes
thimble is red. In sum, the Wodgeweed thimbles are in the curio box
top-to-bottom and left-to-right as follows:
- blue Beatles, brown Winston Churchill, pink Robin Hood
- yellow William Shakespeare, green Charles Dickens, black King Arthur
- purple Henry VIII, red Sherlock Holmes, orange Diana, Princess of Wales
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