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Friday 26 June 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
ACUTE
Verified by 7 matching sources · 100% agreement
All four groups
VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF WOOD
BOARD · LOG · SPLINTER · TREE
COLORS PLUS A LETTER
BRONZER · PINKY · REDO · TANG
CRUNCHY SNACK ITEM
CHIP · CRACKER · NUT · PRETZEL
AREAS OF LOW GROUND
DALE · DELL · GORGE · HOLLOW
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Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
BILLYGOATSGRUFF
BRIDGE · BROTHERS · HORNS · PASS · THREE · TROLL
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Across & down
1A WATCH
6A IDAHO
7A NEXUS
8A ELECT
9A DESKS
1D WINED
2D ADELE
3D TAXES
4D CHUCK
5D HOSTS
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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.