>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: COACH’S SPEECH (3,4)
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 Cut back
2 Eton . . . (dessert)
3 Make very wet
4 Stringed music instrument of West Africa
5 Matured (cheese)
6 Business transaction
7 . . . year (2024 or 2028, eg)
8 Hiker’s route
9 Foam on top of a beer
10 Twofold
11 In need of direction
12 The Parent . . . (1998 film)
13 Savoury pastries
14 Pencil end
15 . . . up the wrong tree (be mistaken)
16 Saved for later
>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: MDTBH is OTHER
>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,
