SPIRAL

The completed puzzle is made up of two long chains of words – one reading inwards from box 1 to 100; the other outwards from 100 to 1. Only one letter is allowed in each box. Once you’ve completed the puzzle, the letters in the blue boxes can be rearranged to spell out the prize word, which this week means ‘In the habit of grinning’. See how to enter below.

53-56 Hospital room Boxes 61-57 Letter-finishing 57-61 Sacks 100-96 Apache abode stroke

62-65 Set forth in a ship 95-92 Leather waist 56-52 Speak with

66-70 Nut from an accessory prolonged vowel

oak tree sounds

71-73 Exclamation of 91-85 Aimed to take 51-47 Defamatory

surprise possession, in statement

74-77 TV equivalent of football 46-43 He was Clinton’s VP

an Oscar 84-79 Colourful hair 42-39 Non-permanent 78-81 Round handle accessory worker

82-85 Flying animal 78-76 Former Hear’say 38-34 Troop

86-88 North American member, __ Marsh 33-28 Become unhappy

deer 75-73 Caterwaul 27-22 Narrow boats 89-94 Bovine animals 72-70 Have 21-15 Violent windstorm 95-97 Pollinating insect 69-67 Arabian 14-11 Snatch

98-100 Favoured, as a Nights bird 10-5 Olympic rewards

project 66-62 Assumed name 4-1 Happening right now

Boxes

1-5 Bad deeds

6-8 Young man

9-15 Commerce

restriction

16-18 Judo level

19-22 Breaks down

naturally

23-25 Major division of

geological time

26-30 Pimpled

31-34 Sprint

35-39 Muscle pain

40-44 Measuring device

45-48 Gawk at

49-52 Invoice