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Free puzzle pack No. 1 · Sunday 8 November 2026

Back in the Day

Pull up a chair. This week we're heading back to the corner shop, the front room and the high street, with six puzzles to fill a Sunday afternoon.

In this pack

  1. The Sweet Shop Word search★★★
  2. Back in the Day Crossword★★★
  3. Sudoku 1★★★
  4. Sudoku 2★★★
  5. Round the House Anagrams★★★
  6. Cryptogram★★★
Download the free pack PDF, 7 A4 pages, 458 KB. Answers at the back. Free to print for personal, family and classroom use.
Fun fact of the week · Back in the Day

The world's first cash machine was in Enfield

The world's first cash machine opened at Barclays in Enfield, north London, on 27 June 1967, and On the Buses star Reg Varney was the first to use it. There were no bank cards yet: you bought a paper voucher in advance, and the most you could take out was £10.

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