From the archive · Oct 28, 2026
The 25 clues of Oct 28, 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 Californian city of cable cars and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Answer: San Francisco
The children’s TV series starring a big yellow bird who lives on a street.
Answer: Sesame Street
The director of Jaws, E.T. and Jurassic Park.
Answer: Steven Spielberg
The river that runs through Paris.
Answer: Seine
The green, creamy fruit mashed on toast and into guacamole.
Answer: Avocado
The Renaissance genius who painted the Last Supper and sketched flying machines.
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
The digital currency launched in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto.
Answer: Bitcoin
The three states of matter familiar in everyday life: solid, liquid and this one.
Answer: Gas
The quarterback who won seven Super Bowls, six of them with the New England Patriots.
Answer: Tom Brady
The TV competition in which amateur cooks make cakes and bread in a tent.
Answer: Bake Off
The American astronomer who wrote Cosmos and presented its original TV series.
Answer: Carl Sagan
The 1692 trials in Massachusetts in which more than 200 people were accused of witchcraft.
Answer: Salem Witch Trials
The capital of the United Arab Emirates, on an island in the Persian Gulf.
Answer: Abu Dhabi
The annual music honours that give winners a golden gramophone.
Answer: Grammy Awards
The blind American singer and multi-instrumentalist who recorded “Superstition” and “Sir Duke”.
Answer: Stevie Wonder
The Comedy Central satirical news programme that Jon Stewart made famous.
Answer: The Daily Show
The colour produced when all the colours of light are combined.
Answer: White Light
The country-pop star of “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”.
Answer: Shania Twain
The Canadian province whose name is Latin for “New Scotland”.
Answer: Nova Scotia
The 480 BC battle in which 300 Spartans held a narrow pass against the Persians.
Answer: Battle of Thermopylae
The 1927 film generally considered the first feature-length talking picture.
Answer: The Jazz Singer
The Turkish founder of the modern republic in 1923 and its first president.
Answer: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The 1958 Hitchcock film in which James Stewart’s detective is afraid of heights.
Answer: Vertigo
The Anglo-Irish scientist whose 1662 law relates the pressure and volume of a gas.
Answer: Robert Boyle
The highest mountain in South America, in Argentina.
Answer: Mount Aconcagua