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Chaosword #3: 2 Sept 2026

#3·Morning (5x5)·Signs in the Margins·2 Sept 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] Self-image that may need no mirror
1 DOWN [Ink] Omit a sound or syllable in speech
2 DOWN [Riot] They may swing wide for sheep or a Microsoft founder?
3 DOWN [Smudge] Young nocturnal raptor, still more fluff than menace
4 ACROSS [Ink] Binding rule enforced by a governing authority
5 ACROSS [Ink] Name of a work or a person's honorific
5 DOWN [Ink] Cheap, showy decoration of little value
6 DOWN [Ink] Environmental regulator, for short
7 ACROSS [Ink] Deeply, in poetic or archaic usage
8 ACROSS [Ink] Protective outer coat surrounding a seed

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Ink] A shortened version of a film
1 DOWN [Ink] Taxi, especially in North America
2 DOWN [Ink] Fit for practical use
3 DOWN [Ink] By that means, in formal prose
4 ACROSS [Ink] Japanese surname, in romanization
4 DOWN [Ink] Form a picture in the mind
5 DOWN [Ink] Development directed toward a goal
6 DOWN [Smudge] Yoko's surname, in pop culture
7 ACROSS [Ink] Powdery residue left by fire
8 ACROSS [Ink] Adult males, collectively
9 ACROSS [Ink] Bison and cattle hybrid
10 DOWN [Ink] FDR's Scottish terrier
11 ACROSS [Ink] Obsolete term for ploughing or tillage
12 ACROSS [Ink] Tapered stone monument
12 DOWN [Ink] Tree that produces acorns
13 DOWN [Smudge] Female cat, informally
14 ACROSS [Ink] Balkan country north of Greece
15 ACROSS [Riot] Piano's answer to a lock?
16 ACROSS [Ink] Eastern Standard Time, in brief

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Review of accounts for accuracy and irregularities.
1 DOWN [Smudge] Cry of sudden relief from a suddenly cooperative object.
2 DOWN [Riot] Employ a tool, or exhaust a loophole?
3 DOWN [Smudge] In ruinous shape, like a neglected old building.
4 DOWN [Smudge] Middle days of March, with ominous historical baggage.
5 DOWN [Ink] Not firmly, as a plan sketched in pencil.
6 ACROSS [Smudge] Big robbery, with Hollywood ambitions.
6 DOWN [Ink] Physics energy function governing a system's motion.
7 DOWN [Smudge] Oklahoma city named for Tennyson's heroine.
8 DOWN [Riot] Question asker, or one grilling a suspect?
9 DOWN [Ink] Formal title for a knight, or a baronet.
10 DOWN [Riot] Golf support, or letter shaped like one?
11 ACROSS [Smudge] A remark that steps out of the main discussion.
12 ACROSS [Ink] Little orphan at the center of a Broadway musical.
13 ACROSS [Ink] Keller's given name, famously.
14 ACROSS [Riot] Bishop's cap, or a carpenter's angled joint?
15 ACROSS [Ink] Seated with one leg on each side.
16 DOWN [Riot] Cattle-catching rope, or a Western loop?
17 ACROSS [Smudge] Guide whose symbols may need EVENING ACROSS-15.
17 DOWN [Riot] Greatest amount, or a dog's name, perhaps?
18 DOWN [Ink] African Methodist Episcopal, in brief.
19 ACROSS [Riot] Suffer, as a weak signal might?
20 ACROSS [Smudge] Brazilian city where Carnival takes over the streets.
21 DOWN [Ink] Actor McKellen's given name.
22 DOWN [Smudge] Having seen many birthdays, and perhaps many repairs.
23 ACROSS [Riot] Friend, to someone speaking French.
24 ACROSS [Riot] Cheap, shoddy decoration?
25 ACROSS [Smudge] Short form of a given name, perhaps, for a February saint.
26 ACROSS [Ink] Crossed out, in editing shorthand.
27 ACROSS [Ink] Japanese surname borne by statesman Hirobumi.
28 ACROSS [Ink] Nonparty candidate, in brief, on a ballot.
29 ACROSS [Riot] Move forward, or pay before the work begins?
30 DOWN [Riot] Call up a number, or turn a face?
31 DOWN [Riot] Sheep shelter, or a small seaside dwelling?
32 ACROSS [Smudge] Fasten again, after the knot comes loose.
32 DOWN [Ink] Brain arousal network, in brief.
33 DOWN [Riot] Historical period, or a pitcher's scorecard figure?
34 ACROSS [Ink] Person from Cedar Rapids, for example.
35 DOWN [Smudge] Keyboard key used with other commands, in brief.
36 DOWN [Ink] Numbers, in old citations, for short.
37 ACROSS [Ink] Relating to a region or area.
38 ACROSS [Ink] Incomplete, in certain biological compounds.
39 ACROSS [Smudge] With sorrow, or regrettably.
40 ACROSS [Ink] A frantic solitaire card game.