>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: FLOWERING PLANT Keyword clue: SILVERY METALLIC ELEMENT
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 Building cover
2 Swifties, eg
3 Shut dramatically
4 Give someone a piece of your . . . (berate)
5 . . . racing (type of motorsport)
6 Men (inf)
7 Highly self-satisfied
8 Network
9 Apply blotchily
10 Cordon . . . (gourmet food)
11 US state
12 Parsley or rosemary
13 Prejudicial view
14 At a snail’s pace
15 Untamed
16 Tedious
>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: LFMJNT is MASKED
>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
