WORD SPIRAL

Starting from 1, fill in the grid clockwise with four-letter words. The last letter of each word becomes the first letter of the next and the shaded squares will reveal a part of speech.

1. Skin eruption 2. Parsley, say 3. Grain husks 4. No votes 5. Cast off 6. Money, slang 7. Pile 8. To gasp

9. Monument over a grave

10. Dandy 11. Operator 12. Tumult 13. Dense layer of grass 14. Unsightly fat 15. Young males 16. In a short time