Place the necessary letters in the cells of the grid 9 x 9 below (no letters in the cells maked with "///"), so that you can spell all the months of the year in order, moving by the grid horizontally or vertically, and starting with JANUARY. After spelling a month, the next month must start in the cell next to the last cell used. Six letters that joined spell MONTHS are already placed.

           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | N |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   |   |///|   |   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |///|   | T |   |///|   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           | H |   |   |///|   |///|   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   |   | S |   |   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |///|   |   |   |///|   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   |   |   |   | O |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   | M |   |   |   |   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

Note: you must "close the loop" of the months, that is, the letter "R" of DECEMBER must be next to the letter "J" of JANUARY.

(In reply to Solution by Hugo)

R14   A13   U12   E09   F08   Y07   U04   N03   A02 
Y15   M16   R11   B10   //    R06   A05   R74   J01
R18   A17   //    P45   T46   E47   //    E73   B72
C19   U34   L35   E44   S43   M48   B49   E70   M71
H20   J33   Y36   //    T42   //    E50   C69   E68
A21   E32   A37   U38   S41   O52   R51   R66   D67
P22   N31   //    G39   U40   C53   //    E65   B64
R23   U30   J29   Y28   O55   T54   N59   O60   M63 
I24   L25   M26   A27   B56   E57   R58   V61   E62

Yup!

Edited on December 28, 2005, 1:00 am

Posted by Richard on 2005-12-28 00:59:25