> SPIRAL
Keyword clue: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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 Back financially
2 Statistics
3 Light and breezy
4 Enclosed ground
5 Valley
6 Cheese type
7 The Three Wise Men
8 Revered figure
9 Bound
10 Substandard
11 Wealthy
12 Croquet arch
13 Ceremonial splendour
14 Sonnet or limerick
15 Repair
16 Move with a mouse
> 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.
EASY
> 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: OBFQ is LONG
> VOWELLESS PUZZLE
All the vowels have been removed from the grid, leaving only the consonants. Complete the
