You South Africa – 08 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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BY

MARTHIE

HAND

Oneletterstandsforanother.Intheexampleabove,Aisusedforthe

threeLs,XforthetwoOsandsoon.Singleletters,apostrophes,the

lengthandformationofthewordsareallhints.Eachweekthecode

lettersaredifferent.Thisweek’shint:DQCWYHisPENCIL.

Eachletterofthealphabetisrepresentedbythe same number

throughoutthepuzzle.Forexample,inthepuzzle below 1=R,

25=A,26=Tand14=I.Usethecluestofillinthe matching num-

bersintherestofthegrid,thenworkoutthemissing words and

addthesolvedletterstothegridguidebelowthepuzzle.

SPIRAL CODEBREAKER

CRYPTO-

QUOTE

WORDLINK

AXYDLBAAXR

LONGFELLOW

Example:

is:

YG MFR WKC’S JQ K DQCWYH SF

AXYSQ KCMFCQ’O VKDDYCQOO,

SVQC SXM SF JQ K CYWQ QXKOQX

SF XQLFNQ SVQYX OKUCQOO.

• RCECFAC

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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’ssolutionRealhappinessischeapenough,

yethowdearlywepayforitscounterfeit.– HoseaBallou

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GERDA

ENGELBRECHT

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Keyword

clue: Mining

product

Jack ___ luck

8 11 4

1 Shrub

2 Animal’s foot

3 Petrol, eg

4 Big jump

5 Part of a stage set

6 Strategise

7 Acceptable standard

8 Gentle

9 Expression of love

10 Long, heroic story

11 Minute particle

12 Feel the absence of

13 Liner or tanker

14 “Not guilty”, eg

15 Diva’s solo

16 Teen spots

66 | 8 AUGUST 2019 you.co.za^

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