>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: FLOWERING PLANT Keyword clue: A NUTRIENT
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 Swindles
2 Distort
3 Introduce to solid food
4 Variable star
5 Horse breed
6 Chocolate units
7 Ooze through
8 Remain undecided
9 Like a moonless night
10 New Zealand bird
11 Traditional Japanese vanity case
12 Egg cell
13 Crumbly clay-rich soil
14 . . . Schreiber (US actor)
15 Action word
16 Ink spill
>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: MCTDNW is THINGS
>VOWELLESS PUZZLE
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