October 2023 Problem of the Month

Using the provided clues, fill each of the grids with 25 different letters of the alphabet, one letter per square.
Some letters have already been inserted in their correct spots as a starting aid.
Can you solve each grid and find the odd letter out?   Extra credit for solving both!

Puzzle #1
Clues:
1. The letters of each row and column are in alphabetical (though not necessarily consecutive) order from left to right or top to bottom.

2. M is adjacent either horizontally or vertically to F, N, and T.

3. G, J, and X are in the same row or column.

4. The letters A, E, I, O U, and Y, in that order are connected by moving from square to square either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

5. The word DIOR is spelled out in a straight consecutive line, either in one row or one column.

6. C is two squares away from L and three squares away from K.

7. The letters in SPY appear in some order in a consecutive straight line, either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

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Puzzle #2
Clues:
1. The letters of each row and column are in reverse alphabetical (though not necessarily consecutive) order from left to right or top to bottom.

2. The words DJS, MOW, and PEA can each be found in the grid in a straight consecutive line, either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

3. The letters in BLITZ each appear, but no letter is in the same row or column as another.

4. The letters in WEARY each appear, but no letter is in the same row or column as another.

5. G is in the same row or column as U.



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