You South Africa – 22 August 2019

StartingwithclueNo1, fillinthegridina clockwise

directionwithfour-letterwords,workingyourwaytothe

centreofthespiralpuzzle.Thelastletterofeachwordbecomes

thefirstletterofthenext.Ifyou’vecorrectlyfilledinthegrid,there

shouldbea seven-letterkeywordreadingacrossfromclueNo8.

Fillinthewordthatcompletesthefirstwordandstartsthesecond

word.Example:After(sun)flower= Aftersunandsunflower.

123

910

14 15

16

13 12

765

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Oneletterstandsforanother.Intheexampleabove,Aisusedforthe

threeLs,XforthetwoOsandsoon.Singleletters,apostrophes,the

lengthandformationofthewordsareallhints.Eachweekthecode

lettersaredifferent.Thisweek’shint:XEJQJRBisWAITING.

Eachletterofthealphabetisrepresentedbythesame number

throughoutthepuzzle.Forexample,inthepuzzlebelow 11=O,

23=Uand10=G.Usethesecluestofillinthematchingnumbers

intherestofthegrid,thenworkoutthemissingwords and add

thesolvedletterstothenumbergridguidebelowthepuzzle.

SPIRAL CODEBREAKER

CRYPTO-

QUOTE

WORDLINK

AXYDLBAAXR

LONGFELLOW

Example:

is:

YUWNXZNDN, YUWNQZJRB

JRHDNAJMPN JY XEJQJRB QU

MN GRUXR.– HEDP YEBER

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14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

12345678910111213

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

A B C D E F G H I J K L M A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R ST UV W XY Z

Lastweek’ssolutionNogreatandenduringvolumecanever

bewrittenontheflea,thoughmanytherebewhohavetriedit.

• HermanMelville

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GERDA

ENGELBRECHT

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Keyword

clue:

First person

Jump ____ case

8 11 4

1 Phone; demand

2 Permit the temporary use of

3 Way in or out

4 Lion’s cry

5 Light beams

6 Leak gradually

7 Soft fruit flesh

8 Drag on a cigar

9 Just and unbiased

10 Sushi stuffing

11 Per unit

12 TV presenter

13 Small branch

14 Gurgling sound

15 Cause of illness

16 Where Armstrong walked

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