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12 August 2026

Puzzle sentence and answer

The sentence

One judge, deliberating late and alone, delayed the famous high profile trial.

Show the five-word answer
judgedelayedhighprofiletrial

'Deliberating' is the judge's job, the delay is the news. 'Famous' repeats 'high profile'. 'Late' and 'alone' dress the scene.

Every word, accounted for

Onea count. change it and the story is the same
judgewho did it. stays
deliberatingthe work, not the result. news is what changed
latethe when. same story any day
andglue. never in the answer
alonedecoration. drop it and nothing checkable changes
delayedwhat happened. stays
theglue. never in the answer
famous'high profile' already says it
highthe thing that makes it news. stays
profilesays which trial. you can picture it. stays
trialthe thing itself. stays
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