diff --git a/btc-UI/src/app/components/touch-pad-menu/touch-pad-menu.component.ts b/btc-UI/src/app/components/touch-pad-menu/touch-pad-menu.component.ts
index f42803d..4811f0a 100755
--- a/btc-UI/src/app/components/touch-pad-menu/touch-pad-menu.component.ts
+++ b/btc-UI/src/app/components/touch-pad-menu/touch-pad-menu.component.ts
@@ -921,6 +921,40 @@ export class TouchPadMenuComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       return;
     }
 
+    // Insert this block near the top of enterPadVal(), before the general updatePartial() for non-multi pools.
+    // It explicitly handles the TNP (non-boxed) incomplete case: if user types numbers and presses value
+    // without pressing shash (to advance groups), we auto-clear the row.
+    if (this.selectedLabel === 'TNP' && !this.isBoxed) {
+      // If TNP is not boxed, user must press shash enter to advance groups.
+      // If they're still in the initial group (tanGroupStage < 2) and haven't advanced
+      // (i.e. the other groups are empty), treat a pad-value press as an invalid/ incomplete entry.
+      const groupsFilled = this.tanGroups.map(g => Array.isArray(g) && g.length > 0);
+      const atLeastOneOtherGroupFilled = groupsFilled.slice(1).some(Boolean);
+      const currentGroupHasNumbers = (this.tanGroups[this.tanGroupStage] || []).length > 0;
+
+      // If only the first group has numbers and user pressed value without having advanced with shash,
+      // then we should clear the current row (same pattern you use elsewhere).
+      if (this.tanGroupStage < 2 && currentGroupHasNumbers && !atLeastOneOtherGroupFilled) {
+        console.log('[DEBUG] TNP unboxed: incomplete multi-group entry — auto-clearing current row');
+        this.selectionService.updatePartial({
+          label: '',
+          numbers: [],
+          value: 0,
+          total: 0,
+          isBoxed: false
+        });
+        // Reset state for TNP (mirror other clearing you already have)
+        this.selectedLabel = null;
+        this.selectedNumbers = [];
+        this.padValue = '';
+        this.isBoxed = false;
+        this.tanGroupStage = 0;
+        this.tanGroups = [[], [], []];
+        this.updateCanPrint();
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
     this.selectionService.updatePartial({
       value,
       isBoxed: this.isBoxed,