The Five Houses: The Dane, the Chess Player, and the Person in the Grey House

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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 juice drinker is immediately to the left of the person in the blue house. 2. The person in the blue house is somewhere to the left of the water drinker. 3. The person in the white house is not the fish keeper. 4. The person in the grey house is not the juice drinker. 5. The horse keeper is somewhere to the left of the Dane. 6. The person in the red house is directly next to the water drinker. 7. The person in the red house is somewhere to the left of the dog owner. 8. The baker is not the juice drinker. 9. The chess player is immediately to the left of the tea drinker. 10. The cat owner is not the Pole. 11. The Swede is immediately to the left of the Norwegian. 12. The baker is somewhere to the left of the coffee drinker. 13. The chess player is immediately to the right of the rabbit owner. 14. The person in the red house is not the Pole. 15. The dog owner is not the Pole. 16. The painter is the cat owner. 17. The horse keeper is immediately to the left of the Brit. 18. The sailor is not the juice drinker. 19. The person in the white house is immediately to the left of the dog owner.

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

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