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Sunday 9 August 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
CLUNK
Verified by 7 matching sources · 100% agreement
All four groups
THINGS PEOPLE TRY TO GET OUT OF
BADDREAM · ESCAPEROOM · JURYDUTY · LABYRINTH
MOVIE SUBGENRES
BUDDYCOP · NEONOIR · SPACEOPERA · SPAGHETTIWESTERN
CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS
CAPSFORSALE · CORDUROY · GOODNIGHTMOON · MADELINE
TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH
CHANGETACK · COURSECORRECT · RECALIBRATE · SHIFTGEARS
Verified by 4 matching sources · 67% agreement
Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
IMWORTHIT
EXTRAVAGANCE · FRILLS · INDULGENCE · LUXURY · TREAT
Verified by 6 matching sources · 100% agreement
Across & down
1A SMUSH
6A HIPPO
7A UNTIL
8A STOKE
9A HYPED
1D SHUSH
2D MINTY
3D UPTOP
4D SPIKE
5D HOLED
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.