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 English footballer.

1. Carpenter 7. Dither 2. Writer 8. Season 3. Profession 9. Radiator 4. Zoo worker 10. Newspaper boss 5. Flexible twig 11. Lecturer 6. Type of chemical 12. One who receives compound wages

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S CLOCKWORD:

1 Amazon, 2 Laymen, 3 Alison, 4 Noggin, 5 Sadden, 6 Indian, 7 Listen, 8 Lessen, 9 Intern, 10 Tiffin, 11 Oilman, 12 Ensign. CELEBRITY: Alan Sillitoe.