Answers for Sunday, 30 August 2026
All six puzzles from this day, solved.
The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!
Yesteryear — the year was 1945
Clue 1: Church bells, long silenced, rang freely again.
Clue 2: A July general election produced a shock landslide.
Clue 3: Clement Attlee replaced a wartime Prime Minister.
Clue 4: Crowds filled Trafalgar Square and the Mall on a day in May.
Clue 5: VE Day: the war in Europe ended.
Word Search — theme: Seaside Rock
The 8 hidden words were:
ARCADE · CANDY · DECKCHAIR · PARASOL · PIER · SPADE · STICK · TOFFEE
Mini Crossword
WARM
PU
DRESS
OI
NICE
Across: 1. WARM · 4. DRESS · 5. NICE
Down: 2. APRON · 3. MUSIC
Daily Trivia — Games & Pastimes
- In Monopoly, what do you collect for passing GO? £200
- How many dominoes are in a standard double-six set? 28
- Which card game features 'trumps' and 'tricks' and four players in pairs? Whist
- In bingo, which number is called 'two little ducks'? 22
- How many tiles does each player start with in Scrabble? Seven
Sudoku Solutions
Easy
342987651
519236478
768415923
284573169
176829345
953164782
691758234
827341596
435692817
Medium
697431528
534298761
182765934
249873615
851629473
376514892
463187259
925346187
718952346
Memory Match — deck: Flowers
The 10 pairs were:
🌸 Blossom · 🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Hibiscus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌷 Tulip · 💐 Bouquet · 🥀 Wilted flower · 🌹 Rose · 🏵️ Rosette · 🌱 Seedling