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"Avoiding a Scandal": Solution

Posted in Puzzles by Greg Ross on August 24th, 2007

Solution to Avoiding a Scandal, from Thursday:

  1. Mrs. A and Mrs. C cross
  2. Mrs. A returns
  3. Mrs. A and Mrs. B cross
  4. Mrs. B returns
  5. Mr. A and Mr. C cross
  6. Mr. A and Mrs. A return
  7. Mr. A and Mr. B cross
  8. Mrs. C returns
  9. Mrs. A and Mrs. B cross
  10. Mrs. A returns
  11. Mrs. A and Mrs. C cross

Other solutions are possible, but all require at least 11 crossings. (The price of propriety!)