<div class="wrapper">
  <a href="#">One</a>
  <a href="#">Two</a>
  <a href="#">Three</a>
  <a href="#">Four</a>
  <a href="#">Five</a>
  <a href="#">Six</a>
  <a href="#">Seven</a>
  <a href="#">Eight</a>
  <a href="#">Nine</a>
  <a href="#">Ten</a>
  <a href="#">Eleven</a>
  <a href="#">Twelve</a>
</div>

.wrapper {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  grid-auto-rows: 100px;
  reading-flow: grid-rows;
}
.wrapper a:nth-child(2) {
  grid-column: 3;
  grid-row: 2 / 4;
}
.wrapper a:nth-child(5) {
  grid-column: 1 / 3;
  grid-row: 1 / 3;
}

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Alegreya+SC:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,700;0,800;0,900;1,400;1,500;1,700;1,800;1,900&family=Alegreya:ital,wght@0,400..900;1,400..900&family=Nunito:ital,wght@0,200..1000;1,200..1000&display=swap");

:root {
  --primary: #444;
  --text: #fff;
}

body {
  font: 1.2em Nunito, serif;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 20px;
}

h1,
h2,
h3,
h4 {
  font-family: Alegreya, serif;
}

a:link,
a:visited {
  color: #003566;
}

.wrapper {
  background-color: #fff;
  gap: 2px;
}

.wrapper a:link,
.wrapper a:visited {
  background: var(--primary);
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 0.5em;
}

.wrapper a:hover,
.wrapper a:active,
.wrapper a:focus {
  background-color: #ffd166;
  color: #000;
}