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Wednesday 23 September 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
FORTH
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All four groups
WEBSITE HURDLES
AGEVERIFICATION · CAPTCHA · COOKIECONSENT · PAYWALL
ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "TERM"
BITCOIN · RECORDLABEL · RUBADUB · SURINAME
THINGS THAT COME IN CANS
CONDENSEDMILK · PAINT · SHAVINGCREAM · SPAM
THINGS YOU GRAB BEFORE LEAVING THE HOUSE
KEYS · PHONE · SUNGLASSES · WALLET
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Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
THATSOLDNEWS
Theme: PRACTICALLY PALEOLITHIC
ANCIENT · ARCHAIC · BYGONE · PRIMEVAL · TIMEWORN
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Across & down
Awaiting verification
We could not confirm this answer with enough matching sources, so it remains unpublished.
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.