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

1-6 Gave notice

7-10 Pinch, as in salt

or pepper

11-13 Thickness of a

folded material

14-22 Moving text up a

screen?

23-28 Chemical twin

29-32 Send forth

33-39 Intruding air

current

40-45 Colourful hair

accessory

46-51 Arachnid

52-55 Sharp punch,

informally

56-58 Type of conifer

59-64 Become receptive

65-70 Make a

contribution

71-74 Whirled

75-80 Sloping font

81-85 A lot

86-90 Beginning

91-95 First Greek letter

96-100 Emerald or

aquamarine, eg

Boxes

100-97 Small, U-shaped

harp

96-94 Exclamation of

contempt

93-88 Dishes

87-83 Nine-voice group

82-79 Centres of activity

78-74 Ancient Roman

language

73-69 Not very happy

68-64 Battery terminal

63-61 Kernel with a tough

shell

60-55 Import duty

54-50 Dietary roughage

49-47 Briefly immerse

46-43 One always looking

down?

42-38 Ancestry

37-33 Sentry

32-28 Stopwatch, eg

27-25 Rock music genre

with brooding lyrics

24-21 Instructive notice

20-18 Ailing

17-15 Hideous mythical

creature

14-10 Airy spirit

9-4 Make unhappy

3-1 In its natural state