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

Boxes INWARD

1-7 Tennis technique

8-14 Flabbergasted

15-19 Fits of anger

20-25 Eloquent speaker

26-30 Competed to be

fastest

31-35 Collection of songs

36-42 Teach

43-48 Made beer or tea

49-51 Age

52-54 For each

55-59 Flying vehicle

60-64 Olympic athletic

event

65-67 Was in charge of

68-74 Admits

75-77 Easter gift

78-81 Long-legged

wading bird

82-86 Edible, shrimp-like

crustacean

87-92 Reciprocal

93-95 Talk about, as a

problem

96-100 Consumed

Boxes

100-98 Ball-catcher

97-92 Antenna

91-86 Fall over the pond?

85-83 State of armed

combat

82-80 Twenty-third Greek

letter

79-73 Most large

72-70 Gym workout

muscle

69-64 Bright-yellow finch

63-61 Malt beverage

60-56 Relating to the

kidneys

55-48 Ready

47-44 Pitcher

43-40 Test version, in

software

39-37 Cattle chew it

36-34 Ostrich-like bird

33-29 Ice-skate support

28-23 Stick alternative,

metaphorically

22-18 Got up

17-12 Where you grow flowers and vegetables

11-9 It secures a bolt

8-5 Prune

4-1 Small mark