Answers for Saturday, 24 October 2026
All six puzzles from this day, solved.
The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!
Yesteryear — the year was 1954
Clue 1: The first volume of The Lord of the Rings was published.
Clue 2: Fourteen years of food rationing finally ended in Britain.
Clue 3: Housewives ceremonially burned their ration books.
Clue 4: A medical student ran a mile at Oxford in under four minutes.
Clue 5: Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile on 6 May.
Word Search — theme: Knitting & Crafts
The 8 hidden words were:
BOBBIN · BUTTONS · EMBROIDERY · PATTERN · QUILTING · TAPESTRY · THIMBLE · WOOL
Mini Crossword
CALM
PU
DRESS
OI
NICE
Across: 1. CALM · 4. DRESS · 5. NICE
Down: 2. APRON · 3. MUSIC
Daily Trivia — The Farmyard
- What is a female chicken called? A hen
- Which farm machine gathers the wheat harvest? A combine harvester
- What is a male sheep called? A ram
- Which animal says 'a horse's little brother' — with long ears and a bray? A mule's cousin, the donkey
- What is stored in a silo or made into bales for winter feed? Hay
Sudoku Solutions
Easy
463571982
872396154
195284736
957142368
234869517
681735249
349617825
516928473
728453691
Medium
163597842
429831657
875462193
692748531
714325968
358916724
946183275
531279486
287654319
Memory Match — deck: Weather
The 10 pairs were:
☀️ Sun · ☁️ Cloud · 🌧️ Rain cloud · ⛈️ Thunderstorm · ❄️ Snowflake · 🌈 Rainbow · ⛄ Snowman · 💨 Wind · 🌫️ Fog · ⚡ Lightning