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Chaosword #16: 15 Sept 2026

#16·Morning (5x5)·Paws in the Margins·15 Sept 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Ink] A small job, or a musician's evening engagement.
1 DOWN [Riot] Pyle's first name, in a classic sitcom?
2 DOWN [Ink] Epic Greek poem attributed to Homer.
3 DOWN [Smudge] Primer that prepares a canvas for paint.
4 ACROSS [Riot] Bullfight approval, with a little Spanish flair?
5 ACROSS [Ink] People known for plain dress and limited technology.
5 DOWN [Smudge] Arrival time, in flight logs, in brief.
6 DOWN [Ink] Pronoun for a female recipient or object.
7 ACROSS [Riot] Playfully needle, or gently unravel a secret?
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Passion or intensity, especially in feeling.

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] Wash oneself, perhaps after a muddy day.
1 DOWN [Riot] Floating ice mass, with a submerged surprise?
2 DOWN [Ink] Askew, in a dialectal spelling.
3 DOWN [Ink] City buses and subways, taken as a system.
4 DOWN [Ink] Metric land unit equal to ten thousand square metres.
5 DOWN [Smudge] Guided by principles, even when nobody is watching.
6 ACROSS [Ink] White wader stalking fish in shallow water.
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Extend as far as, or successfully contact.
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Blue-flowered alpine plant with a bitter reputation.
9 DOWN [Ink] Thomas who composed Rule, Britannia.
10 DOWN [Smudge] Nuts, to a speaker of French.
11 ACROSS [Ink] Pertaining to the fused bones above the tailbone.
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Of Tehran or Shiraz, for example.
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Old-school message sent through telephone networks.

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Chewy Polish roll, usually with an onion-filled center.
1 DOWN [Ink] Sack, purse, or quantity carried.
2 DOWN [Ink] Roadside lodging for weary travelers.
3 DOWN [Riot] Put something in the wrong historical period?
4 DOWN [Ink] Former Italian monetary unit.
5 DOWN [Ink] National park famed for geysers and bison.
6 ACROSS [Ink] Plant life of a region, collectively.
6 DOWN [Ink] One with a fondness for French culture.
7 DOWN [Smudge] Feudal superior, or address for a peer.
8 DOWN [Smudge] Excellent, or still unpaid.
9 DOWN [Ink] Court case, in legal Latin.
10 DOWN [Ink] Whatever one, without preference.
11 ACROSS [Ink] Comic-strip orphan with a famously sunny outlook.
12 ACROSS [Ink] French city associated with Joan of Arc.
13 ACROSS [Riot] Twist into a rough knot?
14 ACROSS [Riot] Affectedly devoted to aesthetics?
15 ACROSS [Ink] First days of ancient Roman months.
16 DOWN [Ink] Moral principle guiding conduct.
17 ACROSS [Smudge] Mildly amused written response.
17 DOWN [Ink] Move with springy little leaps.
18 DOWN [Riot] Organ that catches the punch line, ideally?
19 ACROSS [Ink] Available without a prescription, for short.
20 ACROSS [Ink] Shade between beige and brown.
21 DOWN [Ink] One name shared by Gardner and DuVernay.
22 DOWN [Ink] Recently made or discovered.
23 ACROSS [Riot] Rowing blade, in a boat?
24 ACROSS [Ink] Question word seeking identity.
25 ACROSS [Ink] Latin hail, as to Caesar.
26 ACROSS [Smudge] Expert, or a reason supporting a case.
27 ACROSS [Ink] Take a small drink.
28 ACROSS [Smudge] Casual refusal, in dialect.
29 ACROSS [Ink] Cut with a V-shaped mark.
30 DOWN [Riot] Outstanding example, informally?
31 DOWN [Ink] Stylish energy or confident flair.
32 ACROSS [Ink] Relating to compounds that build proteins.
32 DOWN [Ink] Commercials, in brief.
33 DOWN [Smudge] Clever saying, from the French.
34 ACROSS [Ink] Homeric epic of the Trojan War.
35 DOWN [Smudge] Top performer, or a service winner.
36 DOWN [Smudge] Them, in some dialects.
37 ACROSS [Ink] Baker's standard count.
38 ACROSS [Ink] Knight's weapon for a charge.
39 ACROSS [Ink] Unit of volume for stacked firewood.
40 ACROSS [Riot] Set with jewels, perhaps?