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Tuesday 13 October 2026
Choose a game, then reveal only what you came for. No articles, no detours, no spoilers by accident.
The five-letter answer
WIDER
Verified by 6 matching sources · 100% agreement
All four groups
SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZES
BELT · CUP · JACKET · RING
LOOSE ___
CANNON · CHANGE · ENDS · LIPS
DISCERNMENT
EYE · FLAIR · SENSE · TASTE
FASTEN
HITCH · LASH · TETHER · TIE
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Theme, spangram & words
Spangram
CRINGEWORTHY
Theme: WELL, THIS IS AWKWARD
APPALL · CHAGRIN · EMBARRASS · MORTIFY · NONPLUS
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We could not confirm this answer with enough matching sources, so it remains unpublished.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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Fully verified answers enter the archive. Today’s leading result may appear earlier as provisional and is always marked with an asterisk.