>SPIRAL
Keyword clue: UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT
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 Cream of the . . . (best)
2 Frogs’ home
3 In a proper manner
4 US university
5 . . . of Eden (Steinbeck book)
6 Thin branch
7 Large, deep bay
8 Piece of info
9 Vault
10 Head-and-shoulders sculpture
11 Five-year stretch for an SA president
12 Put in a sulky mood
13 Phobia
14 . . . of Fire (volcano belt)
15 Scottish valley
16 Neonatal intensive care unit (abbr)
>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: TWCXQ is HANDS
>VOWELLESS PUZZLE
All the vowels have been removed from the grid, leaving the consonants. Complete the
