Chaosword #2: 1 Sept 2026
CHAOSWORD#2 · Morning (5x5)
1 Sept 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)
1 ACROSS [Riot] Container for rubbish or data, handy when pots spin backward?
1 DOWN [Ink] Tool with bristles for paint, hair, or sweeping crumbs away
2 DOWN [Ink] World’s most populous nation on the subcontinent
3 DOWN [Smudge] Like speech shaped by the nose, or a congestiony tone
4 ACROSS [Smudge] Suffix in Latin names of London newspapers and diaries
4 DOWN [Ink] Country with 50 states, Abbr.
5 DOWN [Ink] Given name borne by actress Redgrave and poet Hejinian
6 ACROSS [Ink] Full of soap bubbles, like a well-shaken sink
7 ACROSS [Ink] From the world’s largest continent, demonym
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Short form of a holiday name or a 2001 computer’s moniker
Evening Tabloid (7x7)
1 ACROSS [Ink] Red felt headwear associated with North Africa and the Ottoman world.
1 DOWN [Riot] Wonderful, according to a 1960s British pop fan with excellent taste?
2 DOWN [Ink] Describing the dependable summer winds that blow across the Aegean Sea.
3 DOWN [Smudge] The island name paired with New to identify a Pacific country.
4 ACROSS [Ink] Moved swiftly on foot, as an athlete did before the finish line.
4 DOWN [Smudge] Clothing or garments, with a decidedly literary air to the wording.
5 DOWN [Ink] Loss of memory, whether caused by injury, illness, or fiction.
6 DOWN [Riot] Pester persistently, or sound like an opinionated old horse?
7 ACROSS [Riot] Consumed food, then discovered dessert had somehow vanished too?
8 ACROSS [Ink] Online question session, for short, where anyone may ask anything.
9 ACROSS [Ink] Rhythmic pulsing, as of a heart or drum, that keeps time.
10 DOWN [Smudge] Monty Python's enchanter whose name precedes the word "Enchanter"?
11 ACROSS [Smudge] Gooey, unpleasant substance, beloved by horror films and toy aisles alike.
12 ACROSS [Ink] Relating to Siam, the former name of Thailand, or its famous cat breed.
12 DOWN [Smudge] Wellness retreat offering massages, mineral baths, and an excuse to robe.
13 DOWN [Ink] Deciduous shade tree famously threatened by a disease named for the Netherlands.
14 ACROSS [Riot] Shallow vessel for frying food, or a rustic deity from Greek mythology?
15 ACROSS [Riot] Nothing at all, especially when a scoreboard reports a shutout?
16 ACROSS [Ink] Conjunction joining two items, as in "salt ___ pepper," with both included.
17 ACROSS [Ink] Scottish woolen cap, often topped with a pompon and worn jauntily.
Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)
1 ACROSS [Ink] Examination of an organization's financial records.
1 DOWN [Ink] Put a question to someone.
2 DOWN [Smudge] Pickup truck, Down Under style.
3 DOWN [Ink] Change in shape caused by stress or force.
4 DOWN [Riot] Colorful bodyguard for the pupil?
5 DOWN [Ink] Specialized vocabulary used by a particular field.
6 ACROSS [Riot] Triangular piece that drives things apart?
6 DOWN [Smudge] Paper's final resting place at the office.
7 DOWN [Ink] Elementary and high school, in brief.
8 DOWN [Smudge] Disposition of an item from a collection.
9 DOWN [Smudge] Woman, in informal speech.
10 DOWN [Riot] Stretch a budget, one thin inch at a time?
11 ACROSS [Ink] Unit of volume for stacked wood.
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Leaking, in nautical usage.
13 ACROSS [Ink] Tart cultured milk drink.
14 ACROSS [Smudge] Layered rock that splits into thin sheets.
15 ACROSS [Ink] Relating to solvent flow through a membrane.
16 DOWN [Riot] Plant structure where a future seed begins?
17 ACROSS [Smudge] Polite title for a knight or gentleman.
17 DOWN [Ink] Vast body of salt water.
18 DOWN [Riot] Sick or wicked, depending on the dictionary?
19 ACROSS [Smudge] Suffix meaning having the quality of.
20 ACROSS [Riot] Bovine female, or one who intimidates?
21 DOWN [Smudge] Mineral deposit worth extracting.
22 DOWN [Riot] Polish, or grow more intense?
23 ACROSS [Ink] Street tree with toothed leaves.
24 ACROSS [Smudge] Central point or essential part.
25 ACROSS [Ink] Distinctive historical period.
26 ACROSS [Riot] In the style of, with a little French flair?
27 ACROSS [Smudge] Cheerful Spanish greeting.
28 ACROSS [Riot] Biological category, not a dinner invitation?
29 ACROSS [Ink] Purposeful progress guided by design.
30 DOWN [Ink] White-tailed sea eagle.
31 DOWN [Riot] Nonstandard first-person verb phrase, unspaced?
32 ACROSS [Ink] Egyptian capital on the Nile.
32 DOWN [Riot] Limit, or a topper for the head?
33 DOWN [Smudge] Friend, in French.
34 ACROSS [Smudge] Traditional Inuit boat, variant spelling.
35 DOWN [Riot] Fuss over very little.
36 DOWN [Smudge] Range of what one knows.
37 ACROSS [Ink] In the midst of, or included with.
38 ACROSS [Ink] Wear away gradually.
39 ACROSS [Smudge] Resembling the scent of evergreen trees.
40 ACROSS [Ink] Projecting joint fitted into a mortise.