>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: EMBASSY OFFICIAL
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 Shine
2 Unwanted plant
3 Palm fruit
4 Engrave with acid
5 Bird of prey
6 Cosmetic eye powder
7 Brass globular water container
8 Uses a riflescope
9 Email button
10 Run fast
11 Stop
12 Springboks or Proteas, eg
13 Adding and subtracting (US short)
14 Skirt edges
15 Wound mark
16 Duty schedule
>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: SQCQE is NEVER
>VOWELLESS PUZZLE
All the vowels have been removed from the grid, leaving the consonants. Complete the grid by filling in the vowels, A, E ,I ,O, U. Some blocks may have more than
