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Answers for Tuesday, 20 October 2026

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Yesteryear — the year was 1961

Clue 1: Betting shops became legal on Britain's high streets.

Clue 2: A sleek new Jaguar sports car — the E-type — stole the Geneva Motor Show.

Clue 3: A wall began to divide a great European city.

Clue 4: The Berlin Wall went up in August.

Clue 5: Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in April.

Word Search — theme: At the Seaside

The 8 hidden words were:

BUCKET · ICECREAM · LIGHTHOUSE · PEBBLES · PIER · SEAGULL · SEASHELL · TIDE

Mini Crossword

SPADE
ER
WATER
RA
FLAME

Across: 1. SPADE · 4. WATER · 5. FLAME

Down: 2. PEARL · 3. DREAM

Daily Trivia — Seaside & Coast

  1. What would you traditionally buy from a seaside rock shop? A stick of rock
  2. Punch and Judy shows were a favourite entertainment on the... Beach
  3. What is the name for a walkway stretching out over the sea? A pier
  4. Which bird is the seaside's famous chip thief? The seagull
  5. What do you call the rise and fall of the sea each day? The tide

Sudoku Solutions

Easy

653241897
124879356
789563214
918436572
247958631
365127489
596784123
831692745
472315968

Medium

853961427
912547386
647823591
296175834
784239165
135486279
378654912
561392748
429718653

Memory Match — deck: In the Garden Shed

The 10 pairs were:

🔨 Hammer · 🔧 Wrench · 🧰 Toolbox · 🔩 Nut and bolt · 🌱 Seedling · 🧤 Gloves · 🚪 Door · 🕸️ Spider web · 🧹 Broom · 🔦 Torch

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