Read each gap from both sides.
A deck without Kings occupies 48 cells in a circular 54-cell path. Six gaps let you rearrange cards into four Ace-to-Queen suit runs.
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Compare the two entry rules
A gap accepts the same-suit successor of its left neighbor or the same-suit predecessor of its right neighbor. The displayed rows connect into one circular path, including the last cell back to the first. A gap at a row boundary therefore still has neighbors.
For a gap between 5 of Hearts and 8 of Hearts, 6 of Hearts can enter from the left rule or 7 of Hearts from the right rule. Moving either card creates a new gap at its old position. Compare that new gap before choosing: it may expose a useful neighbor or strand a run.
Use the Queen-to-Ace junction carefully
After a Queen, the left-neighbor rule permits an Ace of any suit. This is how one finished suit run can lead into another. The right-neighbor predecessor rule does not permit moving a Queen immediately before an Ace, so check the actual direction of a proposed junction move.
The final arrangement, ignoring the six empty cells, must be four consecutive Ace-to-Queen runs, each in one suit. It begins with an Ace in the first cell and ends with a Queen in the last. A legal local move is useful when it helps make those full runs possible.