The Four Shelves: Tanaka, Vásquez, Moreau, and Lindqvist
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Four authors — Tanaka, Vásquez, Moreau, and Lindqvist — each have exactly one genre, binding, and bookmark, and no two share any of them. Match each author to their genre, binding, and bookmark from these clues:
1. Vásquez is not the author whose book holds a postcard.
2. The poet is the author whose book holds a ticket stub.
3. Moreau is not the poet.
4. Tanaka is not the author whose book holds a postcard.
5. The author with the hardback is the author whose book holds a receipt.
6. The cookbook writer is the author whose book holds a postcard.
7. Tanaka is not the author with the hardback.
8. Vásquez is not the author with the paperback.
9. Tanaka is not the poet.
10. The historian is the author with the boxed set.
11. The poet is the author with the paperback.
Hints
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Solution
Commit an attempt to unseal the proof. Write your answer — right or wrong, thinking it through is the point.
In the final matching, which binding goes with “Tanaka”? Answer with just the binding.
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