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Wednesday 29 July 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
VALVE
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All four groups
NONDESCRIPT
BASIC · MID · PLAIN · VANILLA
___BOARDS IN A CLASSROOM
BLACK · CHALK · CORK · WHITE
UNITS OF WISDOM
GEM · NUGGET · PEARL · WORD
FASTENERS
NAIL · RIVET · SCREW · STAPLE
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Theme, spangram & words
Awaiting verification
We could not confirm this answer with enough matching sources, so it remains unpublished.
Across & down
1A PLAY
5A ROSE
6A BOOKS
7A POSE
8A AFEW
1D PROOF
2D LOOSE
3D ASKEW
4D YES
6D BPA
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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.