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Thursday 4 June 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
ALLOY
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All four groups
PAINTING MEDIA
ACRYLIC · GOUACHE · OIL · TEMPERA
STARTS OF CLASSIC HIP-HOP GROUPS
BEASTIE · PUBLIC · RUN · SALT
ESPRIT
GUSTO · PANACHE · VERVE · VINEGAR
GHOST ___
KITCHEN · PEPPER · TOWN · WRITER
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Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
POETRYINMOTION
APLOMB · COMPOSURE · EASE · GRACE · POISE · STYLE
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Across & down
1A GAS
4A SLOTH
6A TABOO
7A ICANT
8A RED
1D GOBAD
2D ATON
3D SHOT
4D STIR
5D LACE
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Behind the answers
We collect published puzzle answers, compare them in a consistent format and reveal how much confidence we have in the result.
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Reviewed sources are checked regularly throughout the Melbourne day. Broken, incomplete or incorrectly dated results are excluded.
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Answers are normalised and grouped by exact puzzle content. Most games require six matches; a complete Mini requires four.
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Fully verified answers enter the archive. Today’s leading result may appear earlier as provisional and is always marked with an asterisk.