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Thursday 3 September 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
JOIST
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All four groups
SPREADSHEET FUNCTIONS
AVERAGE · COUNT · MAX · SUM
TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TAIL
BLINK · FLASH · HEARTBEAT · TRICE
SHADES OF RED
CARMINE · CINNABAR · MAROON · VERMILLION
TOY CAR BRANDS
HOTWHEELS · MATCHBOX · MICROMACHINES · TONKA
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Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
FOOTBALL
Theme: HIKE!
DOWN · KICK · PASS · PLAY · RUSH · STADIUM · TACKLE · UPRIGHT
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Across & down
1A LETBE
6A ABHOR
7A TORSO
8A KNEES
9A EYE
1D LATKE
2D EBONY
3D THREE
4D BOSE
5D EROS
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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.