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Wednesday 8 July 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
DEMON
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All four groups
HOUSE OF ___
CARDS · LORDS · WAX · WORSHIP
MOTIF
DRIFT · PLOT · THEME · THREAD
CUT INTO THIN PIECES
GRATE · PLANE · SHAVE · SLIVER
GUITAR-PLAYING TECHNIQUES
PICK · PLUCK · STRUM · TAP
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Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
LITTLEDEVIL
HELLION · RAPSCALLION · SCAMP · WHIPPERSNAPPER
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Across & down
1A AFRO
5A PLOW
6A CROWN
7A HOOD
8A INDY
1D APRON
2D FLOOD
3D ROWDY
4D OWN
6D CHI
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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.