Wall Street Journal hints

This weekend's Wall Street Journal Saturday puzzle is a "Section Eight" by Patrick Berry.  It can be hard to get a toehold in this format, but once you do, you can work it out.

To help beginners and people who want to check their guesses, I'm posting some hidden hints below the fold. Scroll over the blank spaces to see the enumeration (letter count) of the words in each ring, the direction each ring goes, and the sector the ring starts in (see ring 1 for numbers).


Hints for Wall Street Journal Saturday puzzle "Section Eight:" July 20, 2013

Enumerations
Ring 1:  9  7  8  4,4  7  7  4,3  11
Ring 2:  9  4,6  8  7  6  9  3,4
Ring 3:  11  8  8  6  8  7
Ring 4:  4,6  9  7  3,4  7
Ring 5:  5  9  5,6  3,4
Ring 6:  4-5  6  6,3
Ring 7:  9  7
Ring 8:  8

Directions
Ring 1: clockwise
Ring 2: counterclockwise
Ring 3: clockwise

Ring 4: counterclockwise
Ring 5: counterclockwise
Ring 6: clockwise

Ring 7: counterclockwise
Ring 8: clockwise

Starting sector

Ring 1:  1

Ring 2:  8

Ring 3:  2

Ring 4:  7

Ring 5:  2

Ring 6:  6

Ring 7:  1

Ring 8:  2