Complete the eight words using each of the 26 letters of the alphabet exactly once.

    
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+         
   | ? | A | ? | E | R | I | ? | ? |        
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+         
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+
   | ? | U | ? | ? | ? | E |          
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+         
   +---+---+---+---+---+
   | ? | I | ? | ? | E |          
   +---+---+---+---+---+         
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+
   | ? | ? | L | ? | E | R |         
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+
   +---+---+---+---+
   | ? | I | ? | ? |       
   +---+---+---+---+        
   +---+---+---+---+
   | ? | ? | A | P |          
   +---+---+---+---+         
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+  
   | B | R | ? | ? | ? | N |          
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+         
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 
   | ? | O | L | ? | ? | A | ? |      
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

*** Proper nouns, acronyms or abbreviations are not allowed.

My solution would seem to agree with K Sengupta's. The answers may not be obvious, and those having trouble find them may want to take a vacation from the puzzle. Hopefully these hints won't bring you bad luck -- that's all!

Posted by Jyqm on 2013-06-05 02:51:03