Assign numbers from 1 to 8 to the 8 squares in the given cross-shaped grid such that no two numbers in adjacent squares are consecutive.

The problem asks us to assign numbers from 1 to 8 to the 8 squares in the given cross-shaped grid. The condition is that no two numbers in adjacent squares (sharing a side) can be consecutive.

Let's label the squares as follows:

    [S1] [S2]
[S3] [S4] [S5] [S6]
    [S7] [S8]

The adjacencies are:

• S1 is adjacent to S2, S4.
• S2 is adjacent to S1, S5.
• S3 is adjacent to S4.
• S4 is adjacent to S1, S3, S5, S7.
• S5