THE CITY LUNCHEONS.—solution

The men may be grouped as follows, where each line represents a day and each column a table:—

AB CD EF GH IJ KL
AE DL GK FI CB HJ
AG LJ FH KC DE IB
AF JB KI HD LG CE
AK BE HC IL JF DG
AH EG ID CJ BK LF
AI GF CL DB EH JK
AC FK DJ LE GI BH
AD KH LB JG FC EI
AL HI JE BF KD GC
AJ IC BG EK HL FD

Note that in every column (except in the case of the A's) all the letters descend cyclically in the same order, B, E, G, F, up to J, which is followed by B.

 

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