Palimpsest solution

Sunday 25 October 2026

This page gives the day away: the sentence, the answer, the bonus round and the wildcard. It is a record of a finished puzzle, not a place to play one. Today’s puzzle is here.

The line

The major’s eyes dilated with pleasing astonishment.

Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo

The answer

Greed, written plainly across a face that meant to hide it.

more delight

Bonus round

Theme: Drink and food

Wildcard

No word of a wildcard answer hides inside a single word of the line, and no clue is given.

red planet

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