>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: KIND OF BREAD
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 Black bird
2 Hospital section
3 Confused state
4 Miniature whirlpool
5 36 inches
6 Ship’s platform
7 Door handle
8 Livestock abode
9 In the area
10 Elaborate
11 Support
12 Orange peel lining
13 Buffalo group
14 Pugs and poodles
15 Bunny’s tail
16 Group of three
>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, 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: YEQLS is CLEAN.
