The Five Houses: The Brit, the Tea Drinker, and the Gardener

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Five houses 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 person in the yellow house is not the chess player. 2. The Dane is immediately to the left of the tea drinker. 3. The person in the blue house is not the beer drinker. 4. The gardener is not the Dane. 5. The reader is directly next to the Swede. 6. The juice drinker is not the Norwegian. 7. The Pole is not the chess player. 8. The painter is immediately to the right of the Norwegian. 9. The Brit is immediately to the left of the baker. 10. The water drinker is immediately to the left of the person in the yellow house. 11. The painter is somewhere to the left of the milk drinker. 12. The water drinker is directly next to the person in the white house. 13. The Swede is somewhere to the left of the milk drinker. 14. The person in the blue house is somewhere to the left of the person in the grey house. 15. The juice drinker is not the reader. 16. The Swede is immediately to the left of the juice drinker.

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

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