Answers for Monday, 14 September 2026
All six puzzles from this day, solved.
The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!
Yesteryear — the year was 1944
Clue 1: Casablanca won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Clue 2: PAYE — tax taken from wages — was introduced.
Clue 3: The Butler Education Act promised free secondary schooling for all.
Clue 4: Thousands of ships gathered quietly on England's south coast.
Clue 5: D-Day: the Normandy landings began on 6 June.
Word Search — theme: The Pantry
The 8 hidden words were:
BOTTLED · CHUTNEY · FLOUR · JAM · PICKLES · PRESERVES · SHELVES · SUGAR
Mini Crossword
SWAN
HU
MERRY
AS
TREE
Across: 1. SWAN · 4. MERRY · 5. TREE
Down: 2. WHEAT · 3. NURSE
Daily Trivia — Musicals & Showtunes
- Eliza Doolittle is the flower girl in which musical? My Fair Lady
- 'Food, Glorious Food' opens which musical? Oliver!
- West Side Story retells which Shakespeare play? Romeo and Juliet
- 'Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'' comes from which musical? Oklahoma!
- The King and I is set in which kingdom? Siam
Sudoku Solutions
Easy
513278946
427596183
968143257
832614795
174359628
659782431
386921574
245867319
791435862
Medium
752698314
918534726
364712895
625187439
891243567
437956182
176825943
283479651
549361278
Memory Match — deck: Weather
The 10 pairs were:
☀️ Sun · ☁️ Cloud · 🌧️ Rain cloud · ⛈️ Thunderstorm · ❄️ Snowflake · 🌈 Rainbow · ⛄ Snowman · 💨 Wind · 🌫️ Fog · ⚡ Lightning