>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: BIRD OF PREY
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 Angler’s prize
2 Deer foot
3 Chimney tube
4 Fencing sword
5 What a clutch consists of
6 Small mouthfuls
7 One from a Balkan country
8 Pledges
9 Straw beehive
10 Catherine . . . (a wife of Henry VIII)
11 Brie cover
12 Fine dirt
13 Hooligan
14 Insincerely eloquent
15 Lamp insert
16 Lightning flash
>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: UBSW is TIME
>SUDOKU
These number puzzles are quite simple. Place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that the
