Answers for Thursday, 15 October 2026
All six puzzles from this day, solved.
The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!
Yesteryear — the year was 2016
Clue 1: A phone game had everyone hunting cartoon creatures in the park.
Clue 2: Tim Peake ran the London Marathon — in space.
Clue 3: Team GB finished second in the Rio Olympics medal table.
Clue 4: Britain voted in a June referendum on Europe.
Clue 5: Leicester City won the Premier League at odds of 5,000-1.
Word Search — theme: Letter Writing
The 8 hidden words were:
AIRMAIL · BLOTTER · DIARY · ENVELOPE · PENCIL · POSTCARD · SEALING · STAMPS
Mini Crossword
WIND
AU
STORY
ES
TREE
Across: 1. WIND · 3. STORY · 4. TREE
Down: 1. WATER · 2. NURSE
Daily Trivia — Musical Notes
- How many keys does a full-size piano have? 88
- How many strings does a violin have? Four
- Which composer continued writing great music after losing his hearing? Beethoven
- Which instrument is most associated with Scotland? The bagpipes
- Frank Sinatra was affectionately known as... Ol' Blue Eyes
Sudoku Solutions
Easy
149652783
738491256
265738941
876245139
912386574
354917862
621574398
497823615
583169427
Medium
749158623
253649817
186372549
594763182
328491756
671825394
812937465
967514238
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Memory Match — deck: Kitchen
The 10 pairs were:
🫖 Teapot · 🍰 Cake · 🥧 Pie · 🍎 Apple · 🥕 Carrot · 🍞 Bread · 🧀 Cheese · 🍓 Strawberry · 🥚 Egg · 🍯 Honey