SPIRAL

Starting from 1, fill in the grid clockwise with fourletter words. The last letter of each word becomes the first letter of the next to reveal the sevenletter key word in the shaded boxes. 1. Sicilian volcano 2. Dry 3. Daybreak 4. Lighting gas 5. Back of the neck 6. Paradise 7. Close 8. Ladder step 9. Asian desert 10. A jot 11. Middle-Easterner 12. Ballpoint pen 13. Musical work 14. Cooking fat 15. Petty quarrel 16. Ado Keyword clue: A language