>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: INCOME
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 Tree covering
2 Type
3 Curved roof
4 Sumerian water god
5 Superstar, eg
6 Arboreal home
7 Go sightseeing
8 Engrossed
9 Walrus tooth
10 Spiral-horned antelope
11 Japanese noodle
12 Type of tide
13 Banana wrap
14 Carries with difficulty
15 Cosy
16 Grant
>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
>CRYPTO QUOTE
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 hint letters are different.
This week’s hint: