>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: MEMORY PROBLEM
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 Pub drink
2 Male reeve
3 Greek salad ingredient
4 Similar to
5 Secluded corner
6 Royal flush card
7 Japanese wooden sandal
8 Situated on
9 Talk to God
10 Mythical Himalayan monster
11 Empty (threats)
12 Engrave
13 Camel’s bulge
14 Waterbuck’s cousin
15 Consumer
16 Ancient Germanic letter
>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.
HARD
>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: MPLO is GROW
>VOWELLESS PUZZLE
All the vowels have been removed
