PUZZLES
>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: FAST BRAZILIAN DANCE
Starting with clue No 1, fill in the grid in a clockwise direction with four-letter words, working your way to the centre of the spiral puzzle. The last letter of each word becomes the first letter of the next. If you’ve correctly filled in the grid, there should be a seven-letter keyword reading across from clue No 8.
1 Coins and notes
2 Better . . . (partner)
3 Jumping insect
4 Passed with flying colours
5 A kind of kick
6 Electric socket
7 Desired result
8 Wolfish look
9 Military status
10 Big-hearted
11 College head
12 Without value
13 Pinocchio, often
14 Freeway, eg
15 The break of day
16 Feeling no pain
>SUDOKU
These number puzzles are quite simple. Place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that the same number appears only once in each row, each column and each 3x3 box.
>CRYPTOQUOTE
HARD
Example: AXYDLBAAXR is: LONGFELLOW
One letter stands for another. In the example above, A is used for the three Ls, X for the two Os and so on. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of the words are all hints. Each week
