Conditionally apply middleware to routes

I have a collection of routes with the following middleware user flow:

Admins create a user account (without a password), users get an email they must verify, upon clicking the link, they are authenticated and brought to a password creation page.

I want to employ this logic using middlewares on basic site pages, i.e. homepage, faq, privacy policy, etc.

So if users verify their email (which automatically authenticates them), they must create a password and failing to do so / going to any other page, brings them back to the password creation page - I have a password.created middleware that successfully does this.

If users are not logged in and are in guest mode or if they are logged in and authenticated (any user type), I would like to give them full access to all non-admin pages.

This is what I tried, but it keeps redirecting to the login page:

Route::middleware(['verified', 'password.created', 'can:guest'])->group(function() {
    Route::get('/', 'HomepageController@getHomepage')
        ->name('home');

    Route::get('/privacy-policy', function () {
        return view('/privacy-policy');
    })->name('privacy-policy');

    Route::get('/faq', function () {
        return view('/faq');
    })->name('faq');

    Route::get('/auth/password/create', 'RegisterController@getCreatePassword')
        ->name('auth/password/create');

    Route::post('/auth/password/create', 'RegisterController@postCreatePassword')
        ->name('auth/password/create');

    Route::get('/email/verify/{id}/{hash}', 'VerificationController@verifyAccount')
        ->name('user/verification');
});

To recap, if a user has verified their email, they must create a password before accessing any other page. If they are not logged in or already created a password and they are logged in, provide full access to basic pages.

I am having a hard time getting this logic to work properly using middlewares.

via Chebli Mohamed