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Wednesday 19 August 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
GRILL
Verified by 7 matching sources · 100% agreement
All four groups
Awaiting verification
We could not confirm this answer with enough matching sources, so it remains unpublished.
Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
TOPDOGS
CHEESE · KETCHUP · MUSTARD · ONION · RELISH · SAUERKRAUT
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Across & down
1A DRUM
5A BRINE
6A LIFTS
7A ALTOS
8A MLS
1D DRILL
2D RIFTS
3D UNTO
4D MESS
5D BLAM
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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.