Week 2026-W44 · October 26 – November 1, 2026
Happy Halloween
Six puzzles hid a thread and Sunday pulled it. Here are all seven answers for the week, with how the field did on each. Spoilers throughout — this page doesn't hide anything.
The week in full
A long-handled brush with stiff bristles used for sweeping floors.
A sweet confection made chiefly of sugar or chocolate, often sold in small individually wrapped pieces.
Strange and frightening in a way that is difficult to explain.
A hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin, usually marked by a stone.
A small, secretive gathering, especially of practitioners of magic or the occult.
A woman thought to possess supernatural powers, often depicted stirring a cauldron.
The apparition of a dead person said to appear to the living, often as a pale or shadowy figure.