>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: SAFETY FEATURES
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 Concealed recorders
2 Utter words to a tune
3 Concerts (informal)
4 Not risky
5 At any time
6 Smell really bad
7 Filled bread dish (SA)
8 Ventilates
9 Religious faction
10 Sharp taste
11 Clear alcoholic spirit (plural)
12 Epic story
13 Pivot point
14 Unhurried
15 Clean
16 Bouquet garni ingredient
>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: QXHE is SHIP.
>SUDOKO
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,
