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Opening puzzle…
Midnight on Ringstrasse · Saturday, 30 May 2026 · Ahhhh!
May 2026
Saturday,
30 May 2026
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Put a question to (3)
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You and me (2)
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Collaboratively edited site (4)
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Toward the top (2)
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Wear away, as a riverbank (5)
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Word completing ‘Count me ___!’ (2)
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Round hall made for a dramatic entrance (7)
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Korean company behind OLED TVs and many fridges (2)
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Preposition in ‘meet me ___ the arena’ (2)
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Heavyweight that keeps a boat from drifting (6)
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Glance—or the thing a costume designer completes (4)
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Noise before an improvised acceptance speech (2)
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Tiny hello (2)
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Places called home (6)
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Sparkle that follows performers home in their shoes (7)
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Exists, in the singular (2)
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Argument defended before a degree is awarded (6)
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Australian quick Shaun, nicknamed ‘The Wild Thing’ (4)
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Small lands in a sea, poetically (5)
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Bars that vanish in the shower (5)
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One hundred square metres (3)
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Host city where the Danube keeps flowing after the final encore (6)
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Beside, in ‘a table ___ the Danube’ (2)
Down
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Vibe you can sense before the first note (4)
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Beam that turns one singer into the centre of an arena (9)
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Vase-shaped vessel (3)
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Fizzy soft drink (4)
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___ came, we saw, we sang along (2)
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Thousand grams, informally (4)
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Way in (7)
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Song contest where twelve points can feel like a declaration of love (10)
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River catching Vienna's after-show lights (6)
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Part the whole arena knows by the second time around (6)
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Résumé-screening systems in many HR departments, for short (3)
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Duck prized for exceptionally soft down (5)
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Contract to rent, rather than own (5)
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Giant of myth—or industry (5)
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Third-person singular of ‘be’ (2)
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Set down, as a costume between acts (3)
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Catch visually (3)
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Audio and video, on an equipment panel (2)
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Public-address setup, briefly (2)