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20 August 2026

Puzzle sentence and answer

The sentence

Johnny Depp is discussing a return as Captain Jack Sparrow in a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean.

Show the five-word answer
DeppdiscussingPiratesCaribbeanreturn

Kept 'Sparrow'? The costume, not the news. Cut 'discussing' and you print a rumour as a fact. This one is real: he once swore he would not return for three hundred million dollars and a million alpacas. People change.

Every word, accounted for

Johnny'Depp' already names him
Deppwho it is about. stays
isglue. never in the answer
discussingthe actual news. talks, not a deal. stays
aglue. never in the answer
returnwhat the talks are about. stays
asglue. never in the answer
Captainpart of the costume. not the news
Jackpart of the costume. not the news
Sparrowthe character. the return is the story
inglue. never in the answer
aglue. never in the answer
sixtha count. fifth or seventh, same news
Piratesthe thing he returns to. stays
ofglue. never in the answer
theglue. never in the answer
Caribbeanthe thing he returns to. stays
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