CLOCK WORD

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter L in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a British film producer.

1. Nonsense

2. Beast

3. Hooligan

4. Middle Eastern country

5. Purify

6. Hand gun

7. Not genuine

8. Excitement

9. Dig

10. 19th-century French poet

11. Plea

12. Wonder