Answers for Thursday, 17 September 2026
All six puzzles from this day, solved.
The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!
Yesteryear — the year was 1949
Clue 1: Passport to Pimlico, Whisky Galore! and Kind Hearts and Coronets all opened.
Clue 2: George Orwell published Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Clue 3: Clothes rationing finally ended.
Clue 4: A British jet airliner — the Comet — made its maiden flight.
Clue 5: It was the golden year of the Ealing comedy.
Word Search — theme: At the Vets
The 8 hidden words were:
BANDAGE · CAGE · CHECKUP · COLLAR · INJECTION · KENNEL · MUZZLE · SURGERY
Mini Crossword
LEAF
AL
BROOK
LU
YARN
Across: 1. LEAF · 4. BROOK · 5. YARN
Down: 2. EARLY · 3. FLOUR
Daily Trivia — Famous Painters
- Which painter of sunflowers famously lost part of an ear? Vincent van Gogh
- The Hay Wain, with its cart in a Suffolk stream, is by... John Constable
- Who painted the Mona Lisa? Leonardo da Vinci
- Which British painter was the master of stormy seas and light? J.M.W. Turner
- Whose northern street scenes are full of 'matchstick men'? L.S. Lowry
Sudoku Solutions
Easy
459387126
637251849
218694375
321965784
945738612
786412593
863149257
592876431
174523968
Medium
943582176
261794385
857631429
594378261
716259834
328146597
179423658
435867912
682915743
Memory Match — deck: At the Zoo
The 10 pairs were:
🦁 Lion · 🐘 Elephant · 🦒 Giraffe · 🐒 Monkey · 🦓 Zebra · 🐻 Bear · 🦛 Hippo · 🐅 Tiger · 🦘 Kangaroo · 🐊 Crocodile