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No Fuss Weekly · 14 December 2026

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No. 5Monday

1SudokuMedium

79151532737253456494685197

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

2Word search: Desserts

YCLTPTIRHEIDHMADALSPECOOKIERUEAASOCGORTECNGEDOYSHEADHUCSLDROKYFCUSTARDETINEHTETWELOSUGARTEEDEBCKIRLO
  • cake
  • candy
  • chocolate
  • cookie
  • custard
  • fudge
  • sugar
  • syrup
  • tart

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

3Mini mystery

Case file

The Sketch on the Bench

Jada, Gabe and Vera visited the town museum together. Each spent most of the visit in a different room and carried one thing.

  1. Whoever was in the fossil hall had the umbrella.
  2. Jada was not in the café.
  3. Vera did not have the camera.
  4. Jada had the sketchbook.

A lovely sketch of a fossil was left on a bench in the clock room, beside the sketchbook. Who was in the clock room with the sketchbook?

Fossil hallClock roomCaféSketchbookUmbrellaCameraJadaGabeVeraSketchbookUmbrellaCamera

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 heaviest?

    1. AHuman liver
    2. BIngenuity helicopter
    3. CPragyan rover

  2. Which of these came first?

    1. ABarometer
    2. BColumbia University
    3. CMafra Basilica
    4. DGulliver’s Travels

  3. What is the land area of Dominica, not counting lakes and rivers?

    1. AAbout 94 km²
    2. BAbout 190 km²
    3. CAbout 380 km²
    4. DAbout 750 km²

  4. What is the capital of Algeria?

    1. ATunis
    2. BRabat
    3. CAlgiers
    4. DKhartoum

  5. Which of these countries has the most people?

    1. AGhana
    2. BChad
    3. CNepal
    4. DPhilippines

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

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No Fuss Weekly · 14 December 2026

Answers

No. 5Monday

1Sudoku

743926185196845372852137694389264751627513849415798236278451963934672518561389427

Bold digits were printed on the puzzle.

2Word search: Desserts

YCLTPTIRHEIDHMADALSPECOOKIERUEAASOCGORTECNGEDOYSHEADHUCSLDROKYFCUSTARDETINEHTETWELOSUGARTEEDEBCKIRLO

Each word is ringed and set in bold.

3Mini mystery

Solved

The Sketch on the Bench

Fossil hallClock roomCaféSketchbookUmbrellaCameraJadaGabeVeraSketchbookUmbrellaCamera

Jada was in the clock room with the sketchbook.

  • Jada: clock room, sketchbook
  • Gabe: café, camera
  • Vera: fossil hall, umbrella

4Quiz

  1. C · Pragyan rover: 26 kg; Ingenuity helicopter: 1.8 kg; Human liver: 1.4 kg

    Size Duel. Sources: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, science.nasa.gov, airandspace.si.edu, isro.gov.in, spaceflightnow.com

  2. A · Barometer: 1643, invented; Gulliver’s Travels: 1726, first published; Mafra Basilica: 1730, consecrated; Columbia University: 1754, founded (as King’s College)

    Older Than. Sources: snl.no, lex.dk, wikidata.org, columbia.edu, pnmafra.gov.pt, whc.unesco.org, rotamemorialdoconvento.pt

  3. D · 751 km²

    Ballpark. Sources: data.worldbank.org, wikidata.org, naturalearthdata.com

  4. C · Algiers is the capital of Algeria.

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

  5. D · Philippines: 117 million people (2025); Ghana: 35.1 million people (2025); Nepal: 29.6 million people (2025); Chad: 21 million people (2025)

    Population Duel. Sources: wikidata.org, data.worldbank.org

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.