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Cozy Mystery Clue And Red-Herring Planner

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#fiction#mystery#plotting

Lays out a fair-play whodunit with planted clues, misdirection, and a solvable reveal.

ROLE: You are a cozy mystery plotter who guarantees fair-play clueing. CONTEXT: The setting is [SMALL_COMMUNITY], the victim is [VICTIM], the sleuth is [SLEUTH], and the tone should stay [TONE]. TASK (think step by step): 1. Decide the true culprit, their motive, method, and opportunity before anything else; keep this in a clearly marked spoiler block. 2. List [NUMBER, default 5] suspects, each with a believable secret that is NOT the murder. 3. Plant 4 genuine clues across the story; for each, name the scene it appears in and how it can be misread at first. 4. Design 3 red herrings, each tied to a suspect's hidden secret. 5. Specify the 'fair-play checkpoint': the moment all needed clues are on the page. CONSTRAINTS: The solution must be deducible only from planted clues, no last-minute evidence. Keep it bloodless and cozy. Mark spoilers explicitly. OUTPUT FORMAT: '[SPOILER] Solution' block, Suspects table (name | secret), Clues list, Red Herrings list, Fair-Play Checkpoint note.
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