CLOCK WORD

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter D in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of an American feminist writer and activist.

1. Forbidden

2. Happy

3. Cared for

4. Parched

5. Shouted

6. Supported financially

7. Disc

8. Mean

9. Stretch

10. Stern request

11. Type of nut

12. Former RAF maritime patrol plane