Answers for Saturday, 31 October 2026
All six puzzles from this day, solved.
The answers are below — no peeking unless you mean to!
Yesteryear — the year was 1963
Clue 1: Britain shivered through the tail end of its coldest winter in centuries.
Clue 2: Beatlemania became a word.
Clue 3: Martin Luther King told Washington about his dream.
Clue 4: A gang stopped a Glasgow-to-London mail train and stole millions.
Clue 5: Doctor Who materialised on the BBC for the first time in November.
Word Search — theme: Board Game Night
The 8 hidden words were:
BRIDGE · CHECKERS · CRIBBAGE · DOMINOES · MARBLES · PUZZLE · SCRABBLE · SOLITAIRE
Mini Crossword
ODS
COAST
EIO
APRON
NYE
Across: 4. COAST · 5. APRON
Down: 1. OCEAN · 2. DAIRY · 3. STONE
Daily Trivia — Stage & Dance
- Which ballet features the Sugar Plum Fairy? The Nutcracker
- The waltz is danced in which time signature? Three-four
- In pantomime, what does the audience shout when the villain appears? 'He's behind you!'
- Which dance craze of the 1920s involved swinging knees and crossed hands? The Charleston
- Dame Margot Fonteyn was world-famous in which art? Ballet
Sudoku Solutions
Easy
254371896
689524713
173698452
931246578
742185369
865937124
526413987
498752631
317869245
Medium
369417528
784352691
251986743
543798162
628541937
197263485
835674219
916825374
472139856
Memory Match — deck: Farm Animals
The 10 pairs were:
🐄 Cow · 🐖 Pig · 🐑 Sheep · 🐓 Rooster · 🐴 Horse · 🐐 Goat · 🦆 Duck · 🐇 Rabbit · 🐕 Dog · 🐈 Cat