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Thursday 27 August 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
UNCUT
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All four groups
SHADES OF GRAY
ASH · DOVE · PEWTER · SLATE
MUSIC GENRE PLUS STARTING LETTER
BROCK · NEMO · SPUNK · WRAP
MOVED TO TEARS
CHOKEDUP · EMOTIONAL · MISTY · OVERCOME
ELECTRIC THINGS
ELECTRICEEL · LIGHTNING · LIVEWIRE · PIKACHU
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Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
WHATATWIST
Theme: SPIRALING DEFINITIONS
DANCE · DISTORTION · HAIRSTYLE · SPRAIN · SURPRISE
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Across & down
1A POT
4A IMOFF
7A SNAIL
8A AISLE
9A TEX
1D PISA
2D OMNI
3D TOAST
5D FILE
6D FLEX
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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.