From the archive · Oct 30, 2026
The 25 clues of Oct 30, 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 Emerald Isle, home of Guinness and shamrocks.
Answer: Ireland
The 1978 musical film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as summer lovers.
Answer: Grease
The chicken chain founded by Colonel Sanders, with a secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.
Answer: KFC
The Dutch capital, known for its canals and Anne Frank House.
Answer: Amsterdam
The Marvel hero whose billionaire alter ego is Tony Stark.
Answer: Iron Man
The cartoon about a boy named Ryder and rescue pups such as Chase, Marshall and Skye.
Answer: Paw Patrol
The Central American country whose Spanish name means “rich coast”.
Answer: Costa Rica
The pub game of throwing small pointed missiles at a round board numbered 1 to 20.
Answer: Darts
The Cuban revolutionary who ruled the island from 1959 until 2008.
Answer: Fidel Castro
The singer of “Bad Guy” who writes songs with her brother Finneas.
Answer: Billie Eilish
The Indian river sacred to Hindus, flowing through Varanasi.
Answer: Ganges
The American astronomer after whom a space telescope is named; he discovered that the universe is expanding.
Answer: Edwin Hubble
The bull-headed monster of the Cretan labyrinth.
Answer: Minotaur
The 2015 Pixar film set in the mind of a girl named Riley, with emotions like Joy and Sadness as characters.
Answer: Inside Out
The American composer of West Side Story and conductor of the New York Philharmonic.
Answer: Leonard Bernstein
The British naval officer whose expedition to the South Pole in 1912 ended in tragedy.
Answer: Robert Falcon Scott
The 1987 film with the line “Nobody puts Baby in a corner”.
Answer: Dirty Dancing
The highest mountain in the Alps, on the French-Italian border.
Answer: Mont Blanc
The theoretical bridge through spacetime named after Einstein and Rosen.
Answer: Wormhole
The jazz trumpeter whose 1959 album Kind of Blue is among the best-selling jazz records.
Answer: Miles Davis
The director of The Seven Samurai and Rashomon, a giant of Japanese cinema.
Answer: Akira Kurosawa
The Chinese leader who launched “reform and opening up” in 1978 and steered the country toward a market economy.
Answer: Deng Xiaoping
The Southeast Asian country that gained independence in 2002 after a UN-run transition, formerly under Indonesian rule.
Answer: East Timor
The mountain range across Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, named for a Titan of Greek myth.
Answer: Atlas Mountains
The Radiohead album of 1997 that includes “Paranoid Android” and “Karma Police”.
Answer: OK Computer