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Reviewed sources are checked regularly throughout the Melbourne day. Broken, incomplete or incorrectly dated results are excluded.
Monday 24 August 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
RUNNY
Verified by 7 matching sources · 100% agreement
All four groups
PRINCIPAL
ARCH · CHIEF · MAIN · PRIME
LETTER HOMOPHONE PLUS TENNIS TERM
BESET · DESERVE · EXLOVE · EYELET
PRO-WRESTLING LINGO
FACE · HEEL · JOBBER · KAYFABE
FISH
MULLET · PIKE · SOLE · TANG
Verified by 6 matching sources · 100% agreement
Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
COOKIEJAR
Theme: YOU CAN'T EAT JUST ONE
MACAROON · SNAP · SNICKERDOODLE · SNOWBALL · SPRITZ
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Across & down
1A TIGER
6A AMUSE
7A CHAIN
8A HINGE
9A TONE
1D TACH
2D IMHIT
3D GUANO
4D ESIGN
5D RENEE
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.