Chaosword #18: 17 Sept 2026
CHAOSWORD#18 · Morning (5x5)
17 Sept 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)
1 ACROSS [Riot] Gave an order, or said farewell?
1 DOWN [Ink] Large in size, status, or ambition
2 DOWN [Smudge] Got up, or came into being
3 DOWN [Ink] One who shows excessive fondness
4 DOWN [Riot] Go in, or type information into a field?
5 ACROSS [Riot] Pressing tools, or shackles for a captive?
6 DOWN [Riot] Tree fluid, or an easy mark?
7 ACROSS [Ink] Must, in casual speech
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Leak through tiny openings, very gradually
9 ACROSS [Smudge] Be mistaken, as a judgment sometimes does
Evening Tabloid (7x7)
1 ACROSS [Ink] World's largest continent by area
1 DOWN [Ink] Annual reference book of facts and figures
2 DOWN [Ink] Sticky fluid carried by a tree
3 DOWN [Ink] Resident of Boise or elsewhere in the Gem State
4 DOWN [Ink] Edgar's middle name, in Poe's full name
5 ACROSS [Ink] Utensil for serving soup or punch
6 DOWN [Smudge] Snake-shaped fish, a classic case of deceptive packaging
7 ACROSS [Ink] Run through with a sharp object
7 DOWN [Ink] Climbing plants often covering old brick walls
8 ACROSS [Ink] Gardner who played Pandora in The Barefoot Contessa
8 DOWN [Ink] Month, in brief, on a calendar
9 ACROSS [Ink] Computer with a calm voice in 2001: A Space Odyssey
10 ACROSS [Riot] Gear that gets you in a flap?
11 DOWN [Ink] International Trade Administration, for short
12 ACROSS [Ink] Rope used by vaqueros for roping cattle
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Examine quickly, often with a beam or a device
Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)
1 ACROSS [Riot] Rotating machine part that can work with EVENING ACROSS-10?
1 DOWN [Ink] U.S. intelligence agency, in brief
2 DOWN [Ink] Plot of land measuring 43,560 square feet
3 DOWN [Smudge] Tiny particle, or a speck of dust
4 ACROSS [Ink] Admit openly and without hedging
4 DOWN [Smudge] Separated, with no one sitting nearby
5 DOWN [Riot] Analog grooves with a fiercely loyal following?
6 DOWN [Ink] British statistics office, in brief
7 DOWN [Ink] Woman, especially in Hawaiian usage
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Beloved symbol or revered image
9 DOWN [Ink] Large Asian antelope with a bluish-gray coat
10 ACROSS [Riot] Party target stuffed with treats
11 DOWN [Ink] A slight shade or trace of color
12 DOWN [Smudge] Fitting and suitably chosen
13 ACROSS [Ink] Skillful work from a practiced maker
14 DOWN [Ink] Salt water bordering EVENING ACROSS-1
15 ACROSS [Riot] Slippery fish nursery?
16 ACROSS [Ink] Whole-number type, in programmer talk
17 ACROSS [Riot] Like a famously rapid-fire hand-cranked gun
18 DOWN [Ink] Tristan's beloved in medieval romance
19 ACROSS [Riot] What a Spanish surfer might call a breaker?
19 DOWN [Smudge] Offer a considered personal view
20 DOWN [Ink] Room or cupboard where provisions await
21 ACROSS [Riot] Understand, perhaps in a flash?
22 ACROSS [Smudge] Fellow countryman, in Italian or Spanish
23 DOWN [Ink] Male reproductive fluid
24 DOWN [Riot] A pirate's way to call time out?
25 DOWN [Ink] French refusal, requiring no translation
26 ACROSS [Riot] Conifer that makes a sharp natural point?
26 DOWN [Smudge] Coat material that never needed a tailor
27 ACROSS [Riot] Change with the times?
28 DOWN [Smudge] Tiny container with an important medical job
29 DOWN [Riot] Green-eyed feeling?
30 ACROSS [Ink] Easygoing and requiring little effort
31 DOWN [Ink] Night before the big day
32 DOWN [Riot] Horse command that sounds impressed?
33 ACROSS [Riot] Actors Keanu and George, collectively?
34 ACROSS [Ink] Roof edge that overhangs a wall
35 ACROSS [Ink] Payment for occupying a property
36 ACROSS [Smudge] Soap maker's harsh ingredient