CLOCK WORD
solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter E in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a US singer.
1. Oil
2. Detest
3. Fruit
4. Gorge
5. Disregard
6. Each 7. Mild 8. Suppose
9. --- Doodle Dandy 10. Observe 11. Prophet 12. Distant