Nosy #5 answer

The case: The raffle drum disappears

Sylvie Puddle at the beekeepers hut, carrying the cotton reel.

It was borrowed for a window display. The drum returns in time for the first ticket.

The little raffle drum is missing. The tickets are waiting patiently in a mixing bowl.

A reliable witness saw the person at the beekeepers hut carry it away.

The complete arrangement

• Mabel Pippin: fete tent · orange flask
• Ethel Paddock: reading room · seed packet
• Laurie Tansy: old bandstand · spotted teapot
• Sylvie Puddle: beekeepers hut · cotton reel

The clues

1. The person at the old bandstand is either the person carrying the spotted teapot or the person carrying the seed packet (one only).
2. Mabel Pippin is either the person carrying the orange flask or the person carrying the seed packet (one only).
3. Mabel Pippin is either the person carrying the spotted teapot or the person carrying the orange flask (one only).
4. Laurie Tansy was one stop after Mabel Pippin on the village trail.
5. The person at the beekeepers hut is the person carrying the cotton reel.
6. Ethel Paddock is not the person at the beekeepers hut.
7. Ethel Paddock is not the person carrying the spotted teapot.

Opening deductions

1. Clue 2: Mabel Pippin is either the person carrying the orange flask or the person carrying the seed packet (one only). With one of each per person, Mabel Pippin / spotted teapot is ruled out.
2. Clue 3: Mabel Pippin is either the person carrying the spotted teapot or the person carrying the orange flask (one only). With one of each per person, Mabel Pippin / orange flask is a match.
3. Clue 4: Laurie Tansy was one stop after Mabel Pippin on the village trail. With one of each per person, Mabel Pippin / reading room is ruled out.
4. Clue 5: The person at the beekeepers hut is the person carrying the cotton reel. With one of each per person, Mabel Pippin / beekeepers hut is ruled out.
5. Clue 6: Ethel Paddock is not the person at the beekeepers hut. With one of each per person, Ethel Paddock / beekeepers hut is ruled out.
6. Clue 7: Ethel Paddock is not the person carrying the spotted teapot. With one of each per person, Ethel Paddock / spotted teapot is ruled out.

Every clue is necessary for the unique complete arrangement. The witness statement identifies which person moved the missing object.