Answers for Wednesday, 7 October 2026
All six puzzles from this day, solved.
The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!
Yesteryear — the year was 2007
Clue 1: Smoking was banned in England's pubs and restaurants.
Clue 2: Tony Blair left Downing Street after ten years.
Clue 3: Summer floods put swathes of England underwater.
Clue 4: The final Harry Potter book broke every sales record.
Clue 5: Apple's first iPhone went on sale.
Word Search — theme: Brass Bands
The 8 hidden words were:
BANDSTAND · CONDUCTOR · CORNET · DRUMS · EUPHONIUM · MARCH · TROMBONE · UNIFORM
Mini Crossword
NOON
UN
TRAIN
SO
BEAN
Across: 1. NOON · 3. TRAIN · 4. BEAN
Down: 1. NURSE · 2. ONION
Daily Trivia — The British Isles
- Which flower is a national emblem of Wales? The daffodil
- Haggis is a traditional dish of which country? Scotland
- Which river flows through London? The Thames
- What is the capital of Ireland? Dublin
- Loch Ness, home of the famous 'monster', is in... Scotland
Sudoku Solutions
Easy
215689743
698743152
437152968
153824679
872965314
946317825
581296437
729431586
364578291
Medium
921684357
736512894
458397162
582731946
693428571
174956238
869245713
317869425
245173689
Memory Match — deck: The Garden Pond
The 10 pairs were:
🐸 Frog · 🐟 Fish · 🌸 Blossom · 🦆 Duck · 🐢 Tortoise · 🦢 Swan · 🌿 Reeds · 🐛 Caterpillar · 🕷️ Spider · 💧 Water drop