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No Fuss Weekly · 4 January 2027

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No. 8Monday

1SudokuMedium

6153748269846573293631895124

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

2Word search: Breakfast

EWWTNTOASTOMBACONOCRTYNIFTVUGLIDILIFTLOGISTUDYLFRCDLRTHONEYOEFSKOGDHNFTRLGEUEUAFIIPORRIDGEMDAENTNIRE
  • bacon
  • coffee
  • fruit
  • honey
  • milk
  • porridge
  • toast
  • waffle
  • yogurt

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

3Mini mystery

Case file

The Missing Cue

Chloe, Amara and Ines were at the dress rehearsal of the school play. Each waited in a different place and held one prop.

  1. Amara did not have the torch.
  2. Amara was in the dressing room.
  3. Chloe was not in the lighting box.
  4. The paper fan was not in the lighting box.
  5. Amara did not have the paper fan.

The curtain went up late because someone in the front row was busy with the paper fan and missed the cue. Who was in the front row with the paper fan?

Lighting boxDressing roomFront rowTop hatPaper fanTorchChloeAmaraInesTop hatPaper fanTorch

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 longest?

    1. AConcorde
    2. BHandball court
    3. CInternational Space Station

  2. Which of these came first?

    1. ANickel
    2. BBritish Museum
    3. CTrevi Fountain
    4. DFlamsteed House (Greenwich)

  3. How long is a Space Shuttle external propellant tank?

    1. AAbout 23 m
    2. BAbout 47 m
    3. CAbout 94 m
    4. DAbout 190 m

  4. What is the capital of Peru?

    1. ABogotá
    2. BMontevideo
    3. CAsunción
    4. DLima

  5. Which of these cities is furthest north?

    1. AHoniara (Solomon Islands)
    2. BLa Paz (Bolivia)
    3. CSantiago (Chile)
    4. DSucre (Bolivia)

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

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No Fuss Weekly · 4 January 2027

Answers

No. 8Monday

1Sudoku

612534798548297361397618245421786953853129476976345812184962537265473189739851624

Bold digits were printed on the puzzle.

2Word search: Breakfast

EWWTNTOASTOMBACONOCRTYNIFTVUGLIDILIFTLOGISTUDYLFRCDLRTHONEYOEFSKOGDHNFTRLGEUEUAFIIPORRIDGEMDAENTNIRE

Each word is ringed and set in bold.

3Mini mystery

Solved

The Missing Cue

Lighting boxDressing roomFront rowTop hatPaper fanTorchChloeAmaraInesTop hatPaper fanTorch

Chloe was in the front row with the paper fan.

  • Chloe: front row, paper fan
  • Amara: dressing room, top hat
  • Ines: lighting box, torch

4Quiz

  1. C · International Space Station: 109 m; Concorde: 61.7 m; Handball court: 40 m

    Size Duel. Sources: snl.no, enciklopedija.hr, wikidata.org, cits.wa.gov.au, dimensions.com, lex.dk, nasa.gov

  2. D · Flamsteed House (Greenwich): 1676, completed; Nickel: 1751, discovered; British Museum: 1753, founded; Trevi Fountain: 1762, completed

    Older Than. Sources: periodic-table.rsc.org, nndc.bnl.gov, snl.no, lex.dk, treccani.it, enciklopedija.hr, sapere.it, wikidata.org, rmg.co.uk, historicengland.org.uk, physicstoday.aip.org

  3. B · 46.9 m (to the nearest 0.1 m)

    Ballpark. Sources: jpl.nasa.gov, esa.int

  4. D · Lima is the capital of Peru.

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

  5. A · Honiara (Solomon Islands): 9.4° S; La Paz (Bolivia): 16.5° S; Sucre (Bolivia): 19.0° S; Santiago (Chile): 33.4° S

    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.