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Monday 12 October 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
YODEL
Verified by 6 matching sources · 100% agreement
All four groups
WORD SHORTENINGS, OFTEN
ABBREVIATION · CONTRACTION · ELISION · NICKNAME
WORDS MADE USING U.S. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
ALKYLAMIDE · CALAMARI · MANDARIN · MELAMINE
TOLERATE
BEAR · HANDLE · STAND · WEATHER
STATUS
CONDITION · SHAPE · SITUATION · STATE
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Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
TURNOFPHRASE
Theme: IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING
DIALECT · JARGON · LINGO · PARLANCE · VERNACULAR
Verified by 6 matching sources · 100% agreement
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We could not confirm this answer with enough matching sources, so it remains unpublished.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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