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 a British music industry executive. 1. Closer 2. Rubber 3. Weaken

4. Toil

5. Eric ---, thriller

writer

6. Late meal 7. Railway worker 8. Under cover 9. Asexual

10. Writer

11. Attorney

12. Building society,

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