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Answers for Monday, 21 September 2026

All six puzzles from this day, solved.

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Yesteryear — the year was 1968

Clue 1: First-class and second-class post were introduced.

Clue 2: Dad's Army paraded onto the BBC for the first time.

Clue 3: Mary Hopkin sang 'Those Were the Days'.

Clue 4: Manchester United became the first English club to win the European Cup.

Clue 5: Apollo 8 carried the first astronauts around the Moon at Christmas.

Word Search — theme: The Library

The 8 hidden words were:

ARCHIVE · BOOKCASE · CATALOGUE · HARDBACK · ISSUE · REFERENCE · RENEWAL · TICKET

Mini Crossword

CHESS
OH
ORGAN
SW
JELLY

Across: 1. CHESS · 4. ORGAN · 5. JELLY

Down: 2. HORSE · 3. SHAWL

Daily Trivia — The Greengrocer's

  1. King Edward is a well-loved variety of... Potato
  2. The Bramley is Britain's classic... Cooking apple
  3. Yorkshire's famous 'Triangle' grows forced... Rhubarb
  4. Conference is a popular variety of... Pear
  5. Spring greens are a young, loose-leafed kind of... Cabbage

Sudoku Solutions

Easy

867924513
219653748
453718269
946531827
178296435
532487691
324879156
681345972
795162384

Medium

869527134
142683597
753419268
326941785
985276413
471835629
237194856
514368972
698752341

Memory Match — deck: Farm Animals

The 10 pairs were:

🐄 Cow · 🐖 Pig · 🐑 Sheep · 🐓 Rooster · 🐴 Horse · 🐐 Goat · 🦆 Duck · 🐇 Rabbit · 🐕 Dog · 🐈 Cat

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