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Friday 4 September 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
WAGER
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All four groups
SPHERICAL THINGS
BOWLINGBALL · EYE · MOON · ORANGE
FOOD WHOSE NAME IS TWO FOODS
CAKEDONUT · CANDYCORN · CHERRYTOMATO · PIZZAPIE
KINDS OF EELS
CONGER · GULPER · MORAY · RIBBON
ACCESSORIES INSIDE STARTING AND ENDING LETTERS
CRINGY · OPINE · STIED · THATS
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Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
HEROES
Theme: TO THE RESCUE
BRAVE · COURAGEOUS · FEARLESS · INTREPID · LIONHEARTED
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Across & down
1A MAN
4A LOOSE
6A INTHE
7A ATTED
8A MOON
1D MOTTO
2D ASHEN
3D NEED
4D LIAM
5D ONTO
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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.