SPIRAL

INWARD

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 ‘Imaginary evil spirits’. See how to enter below.

46-49 Deceiver 54-51 Chew like a beaver 50-54 Pluck a guitar 50-46 Track

string 45-41 Sketches

55-59 Light bite 40-36 Terminated 60-66 Window covering 35-32 Fading evening light 67-71 Addict’s 31-29 Common road

recovery time vehicle

72-77 Expert 28-24 Celestial body 78-82 Allude with a tail

83-85 Reverence 23-21 Ballpoint, eg 86-91 Style of blues 20-15 Sudden arrival

piano 14-12 Equal footing 92-96 Expire, like a 11-8 Clothing

subscription 7-4 Dusty smell 97-100 Large tanks 3-1 Cattle chew it

Boxes

1-5 Waddling

waterbirds

6-10 Shadow during

an eclipse

11-16 Visual plots

17-19 Tall, rounded vase

20-24 Not competent

25-27 Guitar music genre

28-33 Fissures

34-38 Cow’s milk

dispenser?

39-41 Conditions

42-45 Child under a

guardian’s control

Boxes

100-96 Musical

manuscript lines

95-93 Health and

beauty resort

92-90 Flower garland

89-87 Sticky substance

86-81 ‘Watch out!’

80-75 Rummage

74-70 Modern

ballroom routine

69-64 Protruding organ

63-59 Goods-transport

vehicle

58-55 Metal containers