WORD SPIRAL

Starting from 1, fill in the grid in a clockwise direction with four-letter words. The last letter of each word becomes the first letter of the next word. If you have correctly filled in the grid there should be a seven-letter key word reading across from 8.

CLUES

1. Practise boxing 2. Skin eruption 3. Hawaiian dance 4. Jelly type 5. Genuine 6. Weaving apparatus 7. Irritate 8. Dread 9. Tumult 10. Amphibian 11. Slightly wet 12. Stopper for a sink 13. Swallow rapidly 14. Knitting stitch 15. Speech defect 16. Not rich

Key word clue: American state