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Wednesday 1 July 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
DEMUR
Verified by 7 matching sources · 100% agreement
All four groups
BEST PICTURE WINNERS/NOMINEES
CASABLANCA · CHICAGO · FARGO · MUNICH
THINGS NAMED AFTER PLACES
CHAMPAGNE · CHINA · COLOGNE · LIMERICK
PLACES IN COCKTAIL NAMES
CUBA · LONGISLAND · MOSCOW · SINGAPORE
STARTING WITH COUNTRIES
DOMINICANREPUBLIC · GUINEABISSAU · INDIANAPOLIS · NIGERIA
Verified by 6 matching sources · 100% agreement
Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
TELLTALESIGN
Theme: NOT A RED HERRING
CLUE · EVIDENCE · HINT · INDICATION · INTIMATION
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Across & down
1A SIT
4A CHOO
5A THEUN
6A EELS
7A NFL
1D SHELL
2D IOUS
3D TON
4D CHEF
5D TEN
Verified by 4 matching sources · 100% agreement
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.