>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: SALE
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 Head of a faculty
2 Sushi seaweed
3 Nutrient or No 2 backwards
4 Quick message
5 At any time
6 Allergy indication
7 Six (prefix)
8 Choir voice
9 Responsibility
10 Alone
11 Forget to mention
12 Garden basket
13 Food (informal)
14 Round container
15 Top 10, for one
16 Sensitivity in dealing with others
>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.
EASY
>CRYPTOQOUTE
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: BJUR is FINE.
