>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: A SMALL HOUSE
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’ve correctly filled in the grid, there should be a seven-letter keyword reading across from clue No 8.
1 Animal doctors
2 Like old milk
3 Hourly charge, eg
4 Concluding parts
5 Meat dish
6 Sunken shaft
7 Non-clerical
8 Sudden takeover
9 Actor’s aid
10 Sign of hunger
11 Showy ornament
12 Home paper
13 Withdraw (charges)
14 Look furtively
15 Date tree
16 Dull, not shiny
>CRYPTOQUOTE
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: APED is SAME
>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
>VOWELLESS PUZZLE
All the vowels
