CLOCK WORD

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter D in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a British poet and novelist.

1. Tore

2. Insult

3. The other side of

4. Eyeball covering

5. Embedded

6. In the direction of 7. Disappointed (informally) 8. Abraded 9. United 10. Hidden 11. Mission 12. Climbed