Grandpa's Attic
September 10, 2026 · 12×11 · Hard
Of the spirit realm
Load of rubbish
Rugby touchdown
Play parts, or a law
Zips by with a sound
Grand French estate
False shirt front
Hurt by a wasp
Blow the budget
Sipping tube or poll
Daring bank robbery
Neck's air tube
Coin, digitally
PC's main chip
Eyes, poetically
Old subway coin
A cold one, mate
From days gone by
Amount of medicine
A hard reality check
Compass line at sea
Floor of the sea
Buttery rice pot
Start fresh again
Rings up your total
Hero with a lyre
Rustic for anti
Shape of an egg
Hawaii's state bird
Sheltered from wind
Your true match
Yoked to plow
Foes of old Rome
Greek sum symbol
Adores truly
Hectare, briefly
Solvent, six carbons
Dust clouds in space
Allow or a net call
Grandpa's Attic — Solution
September 10, 2026 · 12×11 · Hard
Of the spirit realm
A
Load of rubbish
Rugby touchdown
C
Play parts, or a law
Zips by with a sound
Grand French estate
C
False shirt front
D
Hurt by a wasp
Blow the budget
S
Sipping tube or poll
S
T
R
A
W
Daring bank robbery
H
E
I
S
T
Neck's air tube
Coin, digitally
T
R
A
C
H
E
A
PC's main chip
Eyes, poetically
C
P
U
C
R
Y
P
T
O
Old subway coin
A cold one, mate
T
O
K
E
N
From days gone by
A
Amount of medicine
A hard reality check
S
O
B
E
R
I
N
G
O
L
D
Compass line at sea
Floor of the sea
Buttery rice pot
S
E
A
B
E
D
Start fresh again
Rings up your total
Hero with a lyre
Rustic for anti
O
R
P
H
E
U
S
Shape of an egg
Hawaii's state bird
R
C
A
S
H
I
E
R
Sheltered from wind
Your true match
Yoked to plow
O
N
E
Foes of old Rome
Greek sum symbol
G
A
U
L
S
Adores truly
Hectare, briefly
L
O
V
E
S
S
I
G
M
A
Solvent, six carbons
H
E
X
A
N
E
Dust clouds in space
N
E
B
U
L
A
E
Allow or a net call
L
E
T
Grandpa's Attic — The notes
September 10, 2026 · 12×11 · Hard
- ASTRALOf the spirit realmAstral relates to the stars or a spiritual plane beyond the physical body, as in an 'astral projection'.
- CRAPLoad of rubbishCrap is informal slang for nonsense, junk, or something of poor quality.
- TRYRugby touchdownIn rugby, a try is scoring by grounding the ball in the opponent's end zone, worth 5 points.
- ACTSPlay parts, or a lawActs are the divisions of a play, but also laws passed by a parliament, like the Acts of Parliament.
- WHOOSHESZips by with a soundWhooshes describes a fast rushing sound, like something zipping quickly past.
- CHATEAUGrand French estateA chateau is a large French country house or castle, often tied to vineyards and wine estates.
- DICKIEFalse shirt frontA dickie is a false shirt front worn to look formally dressed without a full shirt underneath.
- STUNGHurt by a waspStung is the past tense of sting, as when pierced painfully by a bee or wasp.
- SPENDBlow the budgetTo spend is to pay out money, or more broadly to use up time or energy.
- STRAWSipping tube or pollA straw is the thin tube for sipping drinks, but a straw poll is also an informal, unofficial vote.
- HEISTDaring bank robberyA heist is a bold robbery, often carefully planned, like a bank or jewel heist.
- TRACHEANeck's air tubeThe trachea, or windpipe, is the tube that carries air from the throat down to the lungs.
- CRYPTOCoin, digitallyCrypto is short for cryptocurrency, digital money like Bitcoin that exists only online.
- CPUPC's main chipCPU stands for Central Processing Unit, the main chip that carries out a computer's instructions.
- ORBSEyes, poeticallyOrbs are round, spherical shapes; in poetry, the word was often used for eyes.
- TOKENOld subway coinA token is a coin-like piece once used to pay subway or bus fares before cards took over.
- BEERA cold one, mateBeer is a fermented alcoholic drink made from grain, often served on tap at a pub.
- OLDFrom days gone byOld can also mean 'of former times,' as in the phrase 'in days of old.'
- DOSAGEAmount of medicineDosage is the specific amount of a medicine to be taken, often set by weight or age.
- SOBERINGA hard reality checkSobering describes something that makes you serious and thoughtful, like a hard truth.
- RHUMBCompass line at seaA rhumb line is a navigational path that crosses every meridian at the same angle, used before modern GPS.
- SEABEDFloor of the seaThe seabed is the floor of the ocean, home to coral reefs, wrecks, and marine life.
- PILAUButtery rice potPilau is a rice dish cooked in seasoned broth, often with butter, found across South Asia and the Middle East.
- RESETStart fresh againTo reset is to return something to its original state, like restarting a device or a plan.
- CASHIERRings up your totalA cashier handles payments at a till in a shop, ringing up customers' purchases.
- ORPHEUSHero with a lyreIn Greek myth, Orpheus was a musician who played the lyre and journeyed to the underworld for his love Eurydice.
- AGINRustic for antiAgin is a dialect word, mostly rural or old-fashioned, meaning 'against.'
- OVALShape of an eggOval describes an elongated, egg-like round shape, like a racetrack or a stadium.
- NENEHawaii's state birdThe nene is a goose native to Hawaii and the state's official bird.
- LEESheltered from windThe lee side is the one sheltered from the wind, the opposite of the windward side.
- ONEYour true matchIn romantic language, 'the one' refers to a person's ideal soulmate.
- OXYoked to plowAn ox is a castrated bull trained and yoked to pull plows or carts on a farm.
- GAULSFoes of old RomeThe Gauls were the Celtic peoples of ancient Gaul, frequent adversaries of the Roman Republic.
- SIGMAGreek sum symbolSigma is a Greek letter used in math and statistics to represent a sum or standard deviation.
- LOVESAdores trulyLoves means adores deeply, feeling strong affection for someone or something.
- HAHectare, brieflyHa is the abbreviation for hectare, a unit of land area equal to 10,000 square meters.
- HEXANESolvent, six carbonsHexane is a colorless hydrocarbon solvent made of six carbon atoms, used in labs and industry.
- NEBULAEDust clouds in spaceNebulae are vast clouds of gas and dust in space, often where new stars are born.
- LETAllow or a net callLet can mean to permit, but in tennis, a let is a serve that clips the net and is replayed.