CLOCK WORD

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter L in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a fictional medic and memoirist.

1. Medieval woman 2. Trial 3. Mason’s tool 4. Underground passage 5. George ------, British author 6. Scamp 7. Lamentable 8. Admission 9. Garden tool 10. Light footwear 11. Beefy soup 12. Of the nerves