>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: BERRY SHRUB
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 Future tulip
2 Talk big
3 Car transmission selection
4 Sloping surface
5 Stopper
6 Long, deep cut
7 Muslim pilgrimage
8 Car-raising device
9 Tartan skirt
10 Baobab, eg
11 Body of narrative poetry
12 Slimy pest
13 Food (inf)
14 Office VIP
15 Cowboy’s boot attachment
16 Wife of a rajah
>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.
MEDIUM
>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: ZJQZ is THAT
>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 one possible solution.
