Answers for Sunday, 20 September 2026
All six puzzles from this day, solved.
The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!
Yesteryear — the year was 1958
Clue 1: Parking meters appeared on London streets.
Clue 2: A bear from Darkest Peru arrived at a London station, in a new children's book.
Clue 3: Grandstand and Blue Peter both began on the BBC.
Clue 4: Britain's first stretch of motorway opened — the Preston bypass.
Clue 5: Paddington Bear was published, marmalade sandwiches and all.
Word Search — theme: Country Lanes
The 8 hidden words were:
BLACKBERRIES · GATEWAY · PUDDLES · RAMBLE · STILE · TRACTOR · VERGE · WINDING
Mini Crossword
HOOK
ON
TULIP
SO
BEAN
Across: 1. HOOK · 3. TULIP · 4. BEAN
Down: 1. HOUSE · 2. ONION
Daily Trivia — The Night Sky
- Roughly how long does the Moon take to orbit the Earth? A month
- The Pole Star sits almost exactly over which point? The North Pole
- Which planet is known as the Red Planet? Mars
- What is the Sun? A star
- What is the name of our galaxy? The Milky Way
Sudoku Solutions
Easy
592483761
817256394
364197285
136924857
928715436
745638129
271869543
683541972
459372618
Medium
451927638
986435721
372618954
615293847
837154269
249876513
793561482
524389176
168742395
Memory Match — deck: Tea Time
The 10 pairs were:
🫖 Teapot · 🍰 Cake · 🧁 Cupcake · 🍪 Biscuit · 🥪 Sandwich · 🍵 Green tea · 🥄 Spoon · 🍓 Strawberry · 🍯 Honey · 🧀 Cheese