Spooky Switchup — Wednesday, October 28, 2026

The Amherst Student editors threw a costume contest at Production Night, but when deliberating over the winner, the EICs forgot who dressed up as what! Help them figure out everyone’s arrival time, costume, and the candy they brought using the clues and grid below so they can crown a winner!

Clues

1. The person who arrived at 6:45 pm was not Annie.
2. The person dressed as an inflatable dinosaur arrived 30 minutes after the person dressed as a bumblebee.
3. Syla did not bring the Sour Patch Kids.
4. Talia arrived at 6:30 pm.
5. The person who dressed as a jedi was the person who brought the Sour Patch Kids.
6. The person who brought the Sour Patch Kids arrived earlier than Joey.
7. Syla was not dressed as a bumblebee.
8. The person dressed as the inflatable dinosaur, the person who brought the gummy bears, and the person who arrived at 6:30 pm are all different people.
9. Of the person who dressed as a bumblebee and Talia, one arrived at 6:45 pm and the other brought the Kit Kats.
10. The person dressed as a mammoth was either Joey or the person who arrived at 7:15 pm.
11. The person who brought the M&Ms arrived 15 minutes before the person who brought the Sour Patch Kids.

View the solution to the puzzle here!