The Five Desks: Tomás, Noor, Leo, Finn, and Maya

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Five desks stand in a row, numbered 1 to 5 from left to right. Each holds exactly one of each attribute, and no attribute repeats. Work out the full arrangement from these clues: 1. The Go programmer is immediately to the left of the TypeScript programmer. 2. The grape eater is the owner of the black mug. 3. The cookie eater is directly next to Maya. 4. The Kotlin programmer is immediately to the left of the owner of the red mug. 5. The Rust programmer is immediately to the left of the cracker eater. 6. The ivy keeper is immediately to the left of the owner of the red mug. 7. The almond eater is somewhere to the left of Finn. 8. Tomás is immediately to the right of Finn. 9. Tomás is immediately to the right of the basil grower. 10. The owner of the green mug is somewhere to the left of the Go programmer. 11. The fern keeper is immediately to the left of Maya. 12. The cactus keeper is somewhere to the left of Tomás. 13. The owner of the red mug is not the pretzel eater. 14. The owner of the blue mug is immediately to the right of the pretzel eater. 15. The fern keeper is somewhere to the left of Leo.

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In the final arrangement, which numbered desk (1–5) does “Tomás” end up at? Answer with the number.

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