The answers to the “Clockwise” clues may be placed in the grid, starting from the given number. The “Moving Inward” clues cross these answers, moving from out to in. The answers to the clockwise clues are:
- 1) ASIA / SADNESS / BROAD
- 2) TILE / WRISTS / PERIOD
- 3) UNEASE / UNSEEN / REAL
- 4) SHINGLE / ENCHANTED
And the inward clues (in given order) are:
- APSE
- STUN
- SEED
- ARES
- STAG
- ASEA
- DISH
- EDEN
- BLUE
- RENE
- NORI
- OWEN
- SILL
- ISN’T
The completed grid looks like this:
The two highlighted regions are the only letters which are not part of an inward clue. Read from left to right, they spell out the answer, ARACHNID.