>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: TYPE OF ONION
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 Chief
2 Dispatch
3 Slimming plan
4 Small nail
5 Seaweed variety
6 Breathe heavily
7 Fish propellers
8 The . . . Must Go On (song)
9 Undesirable plant
10 Used car, sometimes
11 Forewarning
12 Exploding star
13 Be painful
14 Self-esteems
15 Lost traction
16 Begin a card game
>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.
HARD
>CRYPTOQUOTE
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 the code letters are different. This week’s hint: RYCVKF is TALKER.