CLOCKWORD

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter R in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of an IrishAmerican author.

1. Pater

2. Type of sword

3. Fisherman

4. Child, informally

5. Assassin

6. Looking-glass

7. Horse’s gait

8. Hue

9. Musical

10. Irish province

11. Rota

12. Great fear