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        "POSE",
        "POST",
        "POSTER",
        "POT",
        "REST",
        "ROPE",
        "ROSE",
        "SEPT",
        "SORT",
        "SPORT",
        "SPOT",
        "STEP",
        "STORE",
        "TOE",
        "TOPS"
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        {
          "title": "wordfreq English vocabulary",
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          "role": "vocabulary",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08"
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      ],
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        "releaseApproved": true,
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          "Automated solve is not observed player touch input or human editorial approval.",
          "Historical contexts are dated source checks, not certification of fresh October 2026 headlines.",
          "Merged content acceptance carries forward original independent approval after full-definition equality, including placements, source metadata, order, difficulty and provenance.",
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            "tone",
            "claims",
            "source_dates",
            "play_quality",
            "definition_equality",
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      },
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      },
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        "tier": "hard",
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          "answerCount": 6,
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          "bonusAmbiguity": 21,
          "crossings": 5
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        "C",
        "K",
        "M",
        "S"
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        {
          "word": "ASK",
          "row": 2,
          "column": 2,
          "direction": "down",
          "kind": "grid",
          "required": true
        },
        {
          "word": "MASK",
          "row": 3,
          "column": 0,
          "direction": "across",
          "kind": "grid",
          "required": true
        },
        {
          "word": "SCAM",
          "row": 0,
          "column": 0,
          "direction": "down",
          "kind": "grid",
          "required": true
        }
      ],
      "bonusWords": [
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      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "wordfreq English vocabulary",
          "url": "https://github.com/rspeer/wordfreq",
          "role": "vocabulary",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08"
        },
        {
          "title": "FTC platform impersonation rulemaking notice",
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          "role": "context",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T11:44:58Z",
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          "publishedAt": "2026-10-01",
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        "releaseApproved": true,
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          "Only displayed campaign order changed from the independently accepted corrected draft; puzzle digest and revision are unchanged.",
          "Prior actual frozen GameEngine evidence is carried forward; no new engine execution for assembly.",
          "No human approval, observed touch play, new source recheck or player-calibrated difficulty is claimed."
        ],
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        "editorial": {
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            "vocabulary",
            "tone",
            "claims",
            "source_dates",
            "play_quality",
            "definition_equality",
            "merged_order",
            "factual_attribution",
            "offensive_dictionary_exclusions",
            "spelling",
            "layout"
          ],
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          "draftContentHash": "75456859916955705dc53c33ee92e9d7d668d2b4cacc28e81f939d8a1dff5ab5",
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            "acceptedRequiredWords": 3,
            "coins": 11,
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            "duplicateRewardSuppressionPassed": true,
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            "revision": 1,
            "saveResumePassed": true,
            "score": 34
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        }
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      "provenance": {
        "input": "tools/content_inputs/current_events_topics.json",
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        "sourceID": "ftc-imposter-proposal",
        "inputSHA256": "facfdfd33ac6b2502a8008a353bedb6c5fbe5ad7fcd9e10344d49352e920f2bb"
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        "draftOrder": 1
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          "repeatedTiles": 0,
          "unfamiliarTargets": 0,
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      },
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        "limits": "A proposal and request for comment; no final new rule or finding against a named platform is claimed.",
        "access": "Direct official Federal Register PDF opened; agency, action and date read.",
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        "E",
        "L",
        "M",
        "O"
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          "column": 4,
          "direction": "down",
          "kind": "grid",
          "required": true
        },
        {
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          "column": 2,
          "direction": "down",
          "kind": "grid",
          "required": true
        },
        {
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          "column": 2,
          "direction": "across",
          "kind": "grid",
          "required": true
        },
        {
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          "column": 2,
          "direction": "across",
          "kind": "grid",
          "required": true
        },
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          "column": 0,
          "direction": "across",
          "kind": "grid",
          "required": true
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          "title": "wordfreq English vocabulary",
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          "role": "vocabulary",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08"
        },
        {
          "title": "Compact local-AI system announcement",
          "url": "https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/local-ai-dgx-spark-64gb-sync/",
          "role": "context",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T11:44:58Z",
          "originURL": "https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/local-ai-dgx-spark-64gb-sync/",
          "publishedAt": "2026-10-02",
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          "access": "Direct dated company article opened."
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      ],
      "review": {
        "status": "approved",
        "releaseApproved": true,
        "reviewer": "Codex independent merged-content editor (/root/adaptive_progression)",
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        "playtested": true,
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          "Only displayed campaign order changed from the independently accepted corrected draft; puzzle digest and revision are unchanged.",
          "Prior actual frozen GameEngine evidence is carried forward; no new engine execution for assembly.",
          "No human approval, observed touch play, new source recheck or player-calibrated difficulty is claimed."
        ],
        "inventoryContentHash": "7116265c7c683faa15cdf6bd7cc92906a0ae998f741918fbdf5836535035e880",
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            "vocabulary",
            "tone",
            "claims",
            "source_dates",
            "play_quality",
            "definition_equality",
            "merged_order",
            "factual_attribution",
            "offensive_dictionary_exclusions",
            "spelling",
            "layout"
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          "scope": "accepted_draft_and_verified_order_only_append",
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          "method": "automated_solve",
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          "carriedForward": true,
          "draftContentHash": "75456859916955705dc53c33ee92e9d7d668d2b4cacc28e81f939d8a1dff5ab5",
          "engineVerification": {
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            "acceptedRequiredWords": 5,
            "coins": 10,
            "completed": true,
            "duplicateRewardSuppressionPassed": true,
            "id": "cw-c-951c40d0676ac5be",
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            "revision": 1,
            "saveResumePassed": true,
            "score": 44
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      "provenance": {
        "input": "tools/content_inputs/current_events_topics.json",
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        "inputSHA256": "facfdfd33ac6b2502a8008a353bedb6c5fbe5ad7fcd9e10344d49352e920f2bb"
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        "draftOrder": 2
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        "tier": "easy",
        "modelVersion": "cw-difficulty-v1",
        "expectedSolveSeconds": 83,
        "estimated": true,
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          "unfamiliarTargets": 0,
          "bonusAmbiguity": 0,
          "crossings": 4
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        "columns": 7,
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        "crossings": 4
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        "sourcePublishedAt": "2026-10-02",
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        "eventDateKind": "company_announcement",
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        "limits": "The announcement is current. Product delivery and vendor benchmark results are not independently verified.",
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        "D",
        "G",
        "I",
        "Z"
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          "column": 0,
          "direction": "across",
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          "required": true
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          "column": 2,
          "direction": "down",
          "kind": "grid",
          "required": true
        },
        {
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          "column": 2,
          "direction": "across",
          "kind": "grid",
          "required": true
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      ],
      "bonusWords": [],
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          "title": "wordfreq English vocabulary",
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          "role": "vocabulary",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08"
        },
        {
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          "role": "context",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T11:44:58Z",
          "originURL": "https://palestine.un.org/en/323808-gaza-who-appeals-massive-aid-influx-ahead-winter",
          "publishedAt": "2026-10-05",
          "scope": "An aid appeal; no delivery completion, casualty total or new ceasefire is asserted by the puzzle.",
          "access": "Direct dated UN article opened."
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      ],
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        "status": "approved",
        "releaseApproved": true,
        "reviewer": "Codex independent merged-content editor (/root/adaptive_progression)",
        "reviewerKind": "assistant_editor",
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        "playtested": true,
        "puzzleDigest": "e18cc21ad6541b3312dfa4d3d8ac6a1fa3406e4c8e59b547fee3e3293c6422ec",
        "notes": [
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          "Prior actual frozen GameEngine evidence is carried forward; no new engine execution for assembly.",
          "No human approval, observed touch play, new source recheck or player-calibrated difficulty is claimed."
        ],
        "inventoryContentHash": "7116265c7c683faa15cdf6bd7cc92906a0ae998f741918fbdf5836535035e880",
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            "tone",
            "claims",
            "source_dates",
            "play_quality",
            "definition_equality",
            "merged_order",
            "factual_attribution",
            "offensive_dictionary_exclusions",
            "spelling",
            "layout"
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            "coins": 10,
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            "duplicateRewardSuppressionPassed": true,
            "id": "cw-c-39672c7792ce5fd9",
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            "revision": 1,
            "saveResumePassed": true,
            "score": 25
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          "word": "GAZA",
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          "approval": "authoring_declaration"
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        "tier": "medium",
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        "estimated": true,
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          "crossings": 2
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