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 tennis player.

1. Eraser

2. Wild ass

3. Male goose

4. Make beloved

5. Ordinary soldier

6. Animal feed

7. One or other

8. Hesitate

9. Senior journalist

10. Roof beam

11. Cream confection

12. Mend