SPIRAL

The completed puzzle is made up of two long chains of words – one reading inwards from box 1 to 100; the other outwards from 100 to 1. Only one letter is allowed in each box. Once you’ve completed the puzzle, the letters in the blue boxes can be rearranged to spell out the prize word, which this week means ‘Period before Christmas’. See how to enter below. 47-49 Writing device 45-38 Relating to

50-53 Wight or Man, eg writing

54-57 Bundle of hay James Bond, eg

58-60 Practical joke Device for

61-64 Swallow quickly maintaining

65-68 Satisfy orientation

69-72 Whirled Large hamlet

73-77 This clue has six Dull paint finish of them Rebuff

Exists Choose

Intense desire Distasteful Dogmatic decree riches Exchanges Immerses Risingand falling of the sea

Boxes INWARD

1-6

7-10 11-15

16-20 21-24 25-28 29-33 34-38

39-42 43-46

Eight-legged web spinner Religious sect Personality, colloquially

Not yet hardened Not wild Audacity

Tusk substance Member of a travelling people Few and far between

Angle 78-82 83-85 86-91 92-96 97-100

Boxes OUTWARD

Amends

Dog’s foot ‘Right away!’, in hospital Waste-filtering organs

Wicked happenings

76-72 Submerge

71-67 Overturn

66-64 Viper

63-57 Travel bags

56-51 Tags

50-46 Not competent 100-96 95-93 92-89

88-82 81-77 37-35 34-31

30-24 23-19 18-15 14-10 9-5

4-1