SPIRAL SQUARES

Write the answers to the clues below into the grid in a clockwise spiral starting at number 1, where the arrow points you in the right direction. The final letter of every answer becomes the first letter of the next. When the puzzle is complete, the coloured squares, reading diagonally downwards, will reveal a hidden word.

CLUES

1 Lively Scottish dance (5)

2 Slang for one thousand, particularly dollars (5) 3 Uncertainties, misgivings (6) 4 Outer area of a metropolis (6) 5 Writing desk (6)

6 Sea witch in The Little Mermaid (6) 7 – Christie, murder mystery author (6)

8 Top naval rank (7)

9 Meadow (3)

10 – Gardner, silver screen siren (3)

11 Andre –, flamboyant tennis champ (6)