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Here are the steps I followed to solve it (it only took me 10 minutes to recreate). I put the clue number before the step where appropriate:
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. – second house is blue
13. The German smokes Prince. – not the first house
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. – not middle house
The second house can’t drink coffee, smoke Dunhills, or be the Brit, because it’s blue
4. The green house is just to the left of the white house. – House 3 can’t be white, house 5 can’t be green, and house 1 can’t be green or white
5. The owner of the green house drinks coffee. – not the middle house. Therefore, House #4 must be green, and drinks coffee. That means #5 is white.
1. The Brit lives in a red house. – the only colors left are yellow and red. We know the Norwegian is in house 1, so he must be yellow. That means House 3 is red, and is the Brit
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. – house 1, the Norwegian
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill. – house 2
So at this point we know the following:
House 1 – Norwegian, yellow, Dunhill
House 2 – Blue, horses
House 3 – Brit, red, milk
House 4 – Green, coffee
House 5 – White
3. The Dane drinks tea. – can’t be house 4
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. – can’t be house 1, because he smoked Dunhill. Only drink left for house 1 is Water
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water. – house 2
13. The German smokes Prince. – not house 3
For house 3, the only brand left is Pall Mall
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. – Brit, in house 3
2. The Swede keeps dogs. – not house 2
13. The German smokes Prince. – not house 2
House 2 must be the Dane, and therefore drinks tea
Therefore, house 5 drinks beer
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
Therefore, house 4 smokes Prince
13. The German smokes Prince.
Therefore, house 5 is the Swede
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. House 3 is birds, so house 1 must be cats
2. The Swede keeps dogs.
The only item left is the German keeping fish.
No, but you can post it in a separate thread and write “spoiler alert – answer to zebra puzzle” in the title.