The Three Suspects.
Kyle, Neal, and Grant were rounded up by their mother yesterday, because one of them was suspected of having grabbed a few too many cookies from the cookie jar. The three brothers made the following statements under very intensive questioning:
Kyle: I'm innocent. Neal: I'm innocent. Grant: Neal is the guilty one. If only one of these statements was true, who took the cookies?
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1 solution
Grant accused Neal of being a cookie monster. Neal pleaded innocent. Between the two, one must be lying while the other being truthful. That leaves us with a lying Kyle by the given clue of "Only one of these states was true". Kyle ate too much cookies.