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No Fuss Weekly · 7 December 2026

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No. 4Monday

1SudokuMedium

37478226561924583291379854

Fill every empty square so that each row, each column and each 3×3 box holds the digits 1 to 9 once.

2Word search: Bathroom

TOOTHBRUSHESEILEOERSESHETOTUBOAFEOPOBATHBJBMWBINITTIARHENLLNSHGCOARPEESIHNDTAISTBSNTEOUOETRLHKSHRTHT
  • bath
  • shampoo
  • shower
  • sink
  • soap
  • tiles
  • toilet
  • toothbrush
  • tub

Find the nine words. They run across, down and diagonally, always forwards.

3Mini mystery

Case file

The Tide Came In

Ravi, Kenji and Elif spent a sunny day at the beach. Each settled in a different spot and brought one thing from home.

  1. Kenji was on the pier.
  2. Ravi did not have the frisbee.
  3. The beach umbrella was not by the ice-cream kiosk.
  4. The frisbee was not by the ice-cream kiosk.
  5. The beach umbrella was not by the rock pools.

When the tide came in, the frisbee was found floating by the rock pools. Who was by the rock pools with the frisbee?

Ice-cream kioskPierRock poolsBeach umbrellaFrisbeeBucketRaviKenjiElifBeach umbrellaFrisbeeBucket

Each person was in one place with one thing, all different. Mark a dot for yes and a cross for no in the grid until only one answer fits.

Answer:

4Quiz: five questions

  1. Which of these is the tallest?

    1. AGolden Gate Bridge tower
    2. BOstankino Tower
    3. CGrande Dixence Dam

  2. Which of these came first?

    1. AQuebec City
    2. BColosseum
    3. CLeaning Tower of Pisa
    4. DParthenon

  3. How many people lived in Ireland in 2024?

    1. AAbout 5.4 million
    2. BAbout 11 million
    3. CAbout 22 million
    4. DAbout 43 million

  4. Nassau is the capital of which country?

    1. AGuinea-Bissau
    2. BCuba
    3. CBahamas
    4. DSaint Lucia

  5. Which of these cities is furthest north?

    1. AKyiv (Ukraine)
    2. BAnchorage (United States)
    3. CHamburg (Germany)
    4. DBirmingham (United Kingdom)

Circle one letter for each. Answers and sources on page 2.

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No Fuss Weekly · 7 December 2026

Answers

No. 4Monday

1Sudoku

825361479467895132931472865683719524579243681142586793296158347314627958758934216

Bold digits were printed on the puzzle.

2Word search: Bathroom

TOOTHBRUSHESEILEOERSESHETOTUBOAFEOPOBATHBJBMWBINITTIARHENLLNSHGCOARPEESIHNDTAISTBSNTEOUOETRLHKSHRTHT

Each word is ringed and set in bold.

3Mini mystery

Solved

The Tide Came In

Ice-cream kioskPierRock poolsBeach umbrellaFrisbeeBucketRaviKenjiElifBeach umbrellaFrisbeeBucket

Elif was by the rock pools with the frisbee.

  • Ravi: ice-cream kiosk, bucket
  • Kenji: pier, beach umbrella
  • Elif: rock pools, frisbee

4Quiz

  1. B · Ostankino Tower: 540 m; Grande Dixence Dam: 285 m; Golden Gate Bridge tower: 227 m

    Size Duel. Sources: snl.no, wikidata.org, grande-dixence.ch, guinnessworldrecords.com

  2. D · Parthenon: 447 BCE, construction began; Colosseum: 80 CE, opened; Leaning Tower of Pisa: 1173, construction began; Quebec City: 1608, founded

    Older Than. Sources: lex.dk, treccani.it, enciklopedija.hr, wikidata.org, sapere.it, snl.no

  3. A · 5.4 million people

    Ballpark. Sources: data.worldbank.org, ec.europa.eu, github.com, population.un.org

  4. C · Nassau is the capital of Bahamas.

    Atlas Play Capitals. Sources: wikidata.org, naturalearthdata.com

  5. B · Anchorage (United States): 61.2° N; Hamburg (Germany): 53.5° N; Birmingham (United Kingdom): 52.5° N; Kyiv (Ukraine): 50.5° N

    Further North?. Sources: wikidata.org, naturalearthdata.com

Sudoku and word search made with the Puzzle Desk engines; quiz facts from Size Duel, Older Than, Population Duel, Further North?, Ballpark and Atlas Play, each checked against the sources listed. Mystery written and checked by our puzzle generator: exactly one answer.