Answers for Friday, 23 October 2026

All six puzzles from this day, solved.

The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!

Yesteryear — the year was 1989

Clue 1: A new handheld games machine called the Game Boy appeared.

Clue 2: Satellite television arrived in Britain with the launch of Sky.

Clue 3: A British scientist wrote a proposal that would become the World Wide Web.

Clue 4: Crowds danced on top of a wall in a divided city.

Clue 5: The Berlin Wall fell in November.

The 8 hidden words were:

COSY · HONEY · KETTLE · MILK · SAUCER · SHORTBREAD · STRAINER · TEASPOON

STS

PAINT

AGA

DREAM

ERP

Across: 4. PAINT · 5. DREAM

Down: 1. SPADE · 2. TIGER · 3. STAMP

Which Welsh singer of 'Green, Green Grass of Home' fame is known simply as Tom? Tom Jones
Dame Shirley Bassey sang the theme for which film series? James Bond
'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' was first sung on film by... Judy Garland
Which crooner sang 'Come Fly with Me' and led the 'Rat Pack'? Frank Sinatra
Nat King Cole's voice was famously described as being like... Velvet

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The 10 pairs were:

🏦 Bank · 🏪 Shop · 🏬 Department store · 🚦 Traffic lights · 🚏 Bus stop · 🛍️ Shopping bags · 💷 Bank note · 🕰️ Clock · 🚌 Bus · 🚗 Car