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Saturday Puzzles

No. 1 · Saturday, 10 October 2026 · Jesarn 10 Jerrey Fouyir 2026

Kings, castles and Tynwald. Heritage Open Days weekend: Norse kings, medieval castles and the island's ancient parliament.

A new set every Saturday morning; the next is due on Saturday 17 October. This week’s answers appear with next week’s puzzles.

The Manx Wire Crossword No. 1

Set by Manx Wire

How to play

Tap a square, then type. Tap the same square again, or press Space, to switch between across and down. Check and Reveal are in the menu.

Tap a square to start.

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The week in ten questions

From this week’s stories · 10 questions

  1. On which day was the House of Keys due to sit to choose the new Chief Minister?
  2. Under its licence, at least what share of Manx Radio's weekday daytime output should be speech?
  3. How many more seats is easyJet taking out of its winter schedule to save fuel?
  4. Bray Hill was due to shut on the morning of Sunday 11 October to remove what?
  5. How often are household bins in Douglas emptied at the moment?
  6. Where have Viking and Celtic crosses gone on public display after conservation work?
  7. Vintage bus rides around Douglas this Heritage Open Days mark 50 years since what?
  8. In which city are the UCI Track World Championships that Matt Bostock has been picked for?
  9. What is the curved frame around the proposed LED advertising screen near the airport called?
  10. Which of these taxes does the Isle of Man not have?

Wordsearch: Kings, castles and Tynwald

Set by Manx Wire · 14 words

How to play

Words run in any of eight directions, backwards too. Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letters. With a keyboard, use the arrow keys and press Enter at each end.

Find these

  • ATHOLL
  • CASTLE RUSHEN
  • DEEMSTER
  • HOUSE OF KEYS
  • ILLIAM DHONE
  • KING ORRY
  • KNOX
  • LORD OF MANN
  • MAGNUS
  • MANANNAN
  • MANXMAN
  • PEEL CASTLE
  • TRISKELION
  • TYNWALD HILL

Sudoku · Moderate

Set by Manx Wire

How to play

Fill every row, column and 3 by 3 box with the digits 1 to 9. Pick a square, then use the number pad. Notes mode pencils in possibilities.

Check · Reveal · Clear

Place-name anagrams

Set by Manx Wire

How to play

Each set of letters rearranges into a place in the Isle of Man. The hint says what kind of place; the brackets show the word lengths.

  1. Southern village with a national glen of the same name (5) Easy

  2. Parish in the Middle sheading (6) Easy

  3. Northern terminus of the Manx Electric Railway (6) Easy

  4. Sheading made up of German and Patrick (8) Medium

  5. Village where Tynwald Day is held (2,5) Medium

  6. South-western village at the end of the steam railway (4,4) Medium

  7. Lighthouse site south-west of the Calf, first lit in 1875 (7,4) Hard

  8. Maughold glen on the river Cornaa (10) Hard

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