>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: A QUANTITY
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 Iron or wood, eg
2 Not covered with hair
3 Small tree-covered valley
4 Protracted
5 Tiny biting insect
6 Slender branch
7 An outdoor sport
8 Panic
9 Put on the . . . (showy)
10 Breed of cattle
11 Neighbouring state of Idaho
12 Hawaiian dance
13 Enthusiastic
14 Wild mango tree
15 A long way away
16 Oxidation on metal
>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
>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
