>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: IDEAL
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 have correctly filled in the grid there should be a seven-letter keyword reading across from clue No 8.
1 Hint
2 George . . . (Shotgun singer)
3 Tiny amount
4 Personal power (slang)
5 Greasy
6 Oxen harness
7 French franc replacement
8 Burden
9 Throne, eg
10 Soybean product
11 Pre-owned
12 Run quickly
13 They don’t lie, according to Shakira
14 Rescue
15 Kuwait leader
16 Flatbread eaten with curry
>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 code letters are different.
This week’s hint: KBSS is WELL