From the archive · Oct 27, 2026
The 25 clues of Oct 27, 2026, column by column from the left edge to the right (the columns get harder as you cross), with the letters on each hex and the answer. The board above plays this day and never touches your streak.
The huge canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona.
Answer: Grand Canyon
The Spanish-speaking island nation in the Caribbean led by the Castro brothers for decades.
Answer: Cuba
The green Muppet who hosts The Muppet Show and sings about it not being easy to be green.
Answer: Kermit the Frog
The Scottish instrument with a bag and drone pipes.
Answer: Bagpipes
The only US president to resign from office, after the Watergate scandal.
Answer: Richard Nixon
The South American country of Machu Picchu and llamas.
Answer: Peru
The tree-like Guardians of the Galaxy hero whose only words are “I am ___”.
Answer: Groot
The reusable NASA spacecraft that flew from 1981 to 2011.
Answer: Space Shuttle
The Argentine-born revolutionary who fought alongside Fidel Castro, a T-shirt icon.
Answer: Che Guevara
The sci-fi franchise of Captain Kirk and the starship Enterprise: “Live long and prosper”.
Answer: Star Trek
The series of religious wars from 1096 fought for control of the Holy Land.
Answer: The Crusades
The Village People hit whose chorus has fans spelling letters with their arms.
Answer: YMCA
The Californian city that borders Mexico, home to a famous zoo and the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet.
Answer: San Diego
The seven-star pattern in Ursa Major shaped like a ladle.
Answer: Big Dipper
The Disney Channel trio of brothers, including Nick, Joe and Kevin, who sang “Sucker”.
Answer: Jonas Brothers
The Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Answer: Hernan Cortes
The first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences: physics in 1903 and chemistry in 1911.
Answer: Marie Curie
The smallest US state by area, despite the “Island” in its full name.
Answer: Rhode Island
The Austrian composer of the “Blue Danube” waltz, the Waltz King.
Answer: Johann Strauss
The director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now.
Answer: Francis Ford Coppola
The jazz composer of Mood Indigo, who led an orchestra from the 1920s.
Answer: Duke Ellington
The 2014 film about a young drummer and his abusive jazz instructor, directed by Damien Chazelle.
Answer: Whiplash
The 1932 Australian military campaign against flightless birds that the birds basically won.
Answer: Emu War
The narrow channel between Spain and Morocco that joins the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.
Answer: Strait of Gibraltar
The Scottish physicist who unified electricity, magnetism and light in his equations.
Answer: James Clerk Maxwell