Answers for Tuesday, 1 September 2026
All six puzzles from this day, solved.
The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!
Yesteryear — the year was 1959
Clue 1: A curious doll named Barbie went on sale in America.
Clue 2: A hovercraft skimmed across the Channel for the first time.
Clue 3: Motorway service stations appeared for the first time, at Watford Gap.
Clue 4: The M1 opened, with no speed limit at all at first.
Clue 5: A revolutionary little car — the Mini — was launched in August.
Word Search — theme: Steam Trains
The 8 hidden words were:
CARRIAGE · ENGINE · FIREBOX · GUARD · PLATFORM · TICKET · TUNNEL · WHISTLE
Mini Crossword
SPADE
ER
WATER
CA
THYME
Across: 1. SPADE · 4. WATER · 5. THYME
Down: 2. PEACH · 3. DREAM
Daily Trivia — Stage & Dance
- Which ballet features the Sugar Plum Fairy? The Nutcracker
- The waltz is danced in which time signature? Three-four
- In pantomime, what does the audience shout when the villain appears? 'He's behind you!'
- Which dance craze of the 1920s involved swinging knees and crossed hands? The Charleston
- Dame Margot Fonteyn was world-famous in which art? Ballet
Sudoku Solutions
Easy
349285716
612473598
875691432
234958671
968127345
751364829
486719253
123546987
597832164
Medium
876491532
142356789
539872164
213945678
795168243
468237915
351724896
684519327
927683451
Memory Match — deck: Farm Animals
The 10 pairs were:
🐄 Cow · 🐖 Pig · 🐑 Sheep · 🐓 Rooster · 🐴 Horse · 🐐 Goat · 🦆 Duck · 🐇 Rabbit · 🐕 Dog · 🐈 Cat