Logic Problem (test your logic)

In My Humble Opinion
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Here’s a tough logic problem for those who enjoy working these –
Mr. And Ms. Astor, Mr. And Ms. Brice, and Mr. And Ms. Crane were seated around a round table – each of the married couples facing each other on opposite sides of the table.

At the table:

  1. Exactly three people sat next to at least one murderer.
  2. Exactly four people sat next to at least one extortionist.
  3. Exactly five people sat next to at least one swindler.
  4. Six people sat next to at least one thief.

Of the types of crimes:

  1. No two types of crimes were committed by more than one person.
  2. One person committed more types of crime than each of the other persons.

Of the people:

  1. Mr. And Ms. Astor each committed exactly one type of crime, though not the same type.
  2. Mr. And Ms. Brice were both swindlers.
  3. Mr. And Ms. Crane were both thieves.
  4. More women than men were swindlers.

QUESTION: Who committed more types of crimes than each of the other persons?

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One person commited the most types of crimes…

But since I suck at logic problems… I am sure I am wrong… since that answer seems to be the easiest…

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That’s one of the given pieces of information. Working on solving it now…

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hm… is there something missing? (or did I screw up?)

[spoiler]I can narrow it down to 1 of the Brices. I have
Ms Astor - Swindler
Mr Astor - Thief
Brice 1 - Swindler Murderer, Extortionist
Brice 2 - Swindler Thief
Crane 1 - Thief, Extortionist
Crane 2 - Thief, Murderer

which seems to satisfy all the requirements, but I can’t tell which Brice is Ms. and which is Mr. Same with the Cranes.[/spoiler]

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HINT: [spoiler]Make a seating arrangement with each of the couples sitting opposite from each other.

Create a diagram first showing all of the possible seating arrangements for murders. Then do the same, creating a seperate seating diagram for the seating arrangements for extortionists, swindlers and thieves. Note the least number of murders, theives, extortionists, and swindlers possible from the independant diagrams for each. Note the least number of crimes that will solve the problem - from looking at the diagrams.[/spoiler]

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Mrs. Brice, murderer, extortionist and thief, committed more crimes than any of the others.

I’m assuming there’s only one solution to the problem. I put the men at one half of the table, and the women at the other half.

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Yeah, I did exactly what you said in your hint. But the ambiguity is still there.
What I wrote directly satisfies all of your clues. You can draw it out yourself.