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Wednesday 12 August 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
WIMPY
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All four groups
NBC SITCOM SURNAMES
BENES · BING · LEMON · SCOTT
KINDS OF FROGS
BULL · GREEN · POISONDART · TREE
STARTING WITH AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSES
FINEPRINT · GOODBYE · GREATWHITE · OKAYAMA
HOLD ONTO, AS A FEELING
FOSTER · HARBOR · MAINTAIN · NURSE
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Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
PHILANTHROPY
Theme: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
BESTOW · CONTRIBUTE · DONATE · ENDOW · GIVE · GRANT
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Across & down
1A WNBA
5A HORSE
7A ALOHA
8A TAKES
9A NEST
1D WHAT
2D NOLAN
3D BROKE
4D ASHES
6D EAST
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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.