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Puzzle #224: Can you find the ring inside the Russian dolls?

Can you solve this week’s logic puzzle, Russian dolls? Plus the answer to puzzle #223

31 May 2023

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#224 Russian dolls

Set by Holly Biming

I collect Russian dolls, the type where each doll can be opened to reveal a smaller one inside. I am particularly fond of my simple, single-coloured ones, which come in sets of five (and, unusually, have a hollow smallest doll). I have five lovely sets of them, each a different colour.

Alas, while I was out, my daughter Kira rearranged them so that each large doll now contains one each of the four other colours. She proudly tells me that no blue doll contains a doll that has a yellow doll anywhere…

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