> SPIRAL
Keyword clue: TYPE OF TREE (PLURAL)
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 Sloth speed
2 Barking noise
3 Is the right size
4 Urban pollution
5 Deep cut
6 Get the . . . of (begin to understand)
7 Expand
8 Balmy
9 Sunfish
10 Once again
11 Dry African river bed
12 Eye part
13 Glides on snow
14 Type of sailing boat
15 Masterstroke
16 Survey
> 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: VWJGZS is SIMPLE
> 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