Clockword

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter A in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of an English actress.

1. South American mammal

2. Philippines city

3. Mohair

4. Queasiness

5. Herbaceous plant

6. _ Christie, writer

7. Palm fibre

8. Mystery

9. Spanish chaperon

10. Gorgon

11. Plant

12. Cloud of particles