Answers for Friday, 14 August 2026

All six puzzles from this day, solved.

The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!

Yesteryear — the year was 1963

Clue 1: Britain shivered through the tail end of its coldest winter in centuries.

Clue 2: Beatlemania became a word.

Clue 3: Martin Luther King told Washington about his dream.

Clue 4: A gang stopped a Glasgow-to-London mail train and stole millions.

Clue 5: Doctor Who materialised on the BBC for the first time in November.

The 8 hidden words were:

LEVEL · MALLET · PLIERS · SANDPAPER · SCREWS · SPANNER · TOOLBOX · WORKBENCH

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HOTEL

IOE

NURSE

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Across: 4. HOTEL · 5. NURSE

Down: 1. CHINA · 2. STORY · 3. SLEEP

Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in which year? 1953
Which king of legend pulled the sword from the stone? King Arthur
Who was Britain's Prime Minister for most of the Second World War? Winston Churchill
The ancient Romans built which great wall across northern England? Hadrian's Wall
Which boy king's golden tomb was discovered in Egypt in 1922? Tutankhamun

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The 10 pairs were:

🍎 Apple · 🍐 Pear · 🍌 Banana · 🍇 Grapes · 🍊 Orange · 🍑 Peach · 🍍 Pineapple · 🍒 Cherries · 🍋 Lemon · 🍉 Watermelon