Chaosword #19: 18 Sept 2026
CHAOSWORD#19 · Morning (5x5)
18 Sept 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)
1 ACROSS [Ink] Completed or managed an undertaking, stated in the simple past.
1 DOWN [Smudge] A short, catchy song, perhaps a houseplant's victory tune after making a new leaf.
2 DOWN [Ink] A thought, notion, or mental spark that can launch a whole plan.
3 DOWN [Smudge] Hoofed woodland browsers, antlered in many adult males and indifferent to the score.
4 ACROSS [Riot] A playground's smooth route from lofty platform to ground level?
4 DOWN [Ink] A French fighter aircraft family flown by Allied pilots during World War I.
5 DOWN [Riot] Behind schedule, as if punctuality had already blown the final whistle?
6 ACROSS [Riot] A heraldic cross whose arms widen toward the ends, giving each limb a fan shape?
7 ACROSS [Ink] A richly scented perfume oil, traditionally distilled from rose petals.
8 ACROSS [Smudge] An Ottoman-era governor of Algiers, bearing a title that sounds like daylight.
Evening Tabloid (7x7)
1 ACROSS [Riot] Move through the air, or imitate bait for a fish?
1 DOWN [Smudge] Price of admission to a service
2 DOWN [Ink] Was killed by a mob without legal trial
3 DOWN [Riot] Sunny hues, or cautious soccer cards?
4 ACROSS [Riot] Road coating, or a RAT turned around?
4 DOWN [Ink] Violent rotating column of air over land
5 DOWN [Smudge] Suggestive of a heavenly, innocent nature
6 DOWN [Ink] DEER offspring or fish eggs
7 ACROSS [Riot] Seeing organ that reads the same backward?
8 ACROSS [Riot] Yoko's surname, also a palindrome?
9 ACROSS [Smudge] Give a small thing a larger stage
10 DOWN [Smudge] Broadcast a program, as a radio host does
11 ACROSS [Ink] Gradual change across a geographic range
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Harmonized hymn, unlike a casual DITTY
12 DOWN [Ink] Tea, in casual speech
13 DOWN [Riot] Superlative ending, always reaching the top?
14 ACROSS [Ink] Cut or shape with an axe
15 ACROSS [Smudge] Show contempt, using street slang
16 ACROSS [Riot] Commercials, in brief
17 ACROSS [Ink] Tenth month, for short
Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)
1 ACROSS [Ink] Chest, or the figurative seat of intimate feeling.
1 DOWN [Ink] Large in size, scope, or ambition, as a champion's claim.
2 DOWN [Ink] Anatomical openings or edges, expressed in Latin plural.
3 DOWN [Ink] The quality that makes merchandise easy to sell.
4 DOWN [Ink] Solely or exclusively, with no teammates in the category.
5 DOWN [Ink] Put to work in the wrong occupation, task, or position.
6 ACROSS [Ink] A cat's plaintive vocalization, in the British spelling.
6 DOWN [Ink] The biological process by which mutations are produced.
7 DOWN [Ink] Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, and healing.
8 DOWN [Ink] Officials empowered to enforce laws or issue commands.
9 DOWN [Ink] Otorhinolaryngology, in brief, the study of ear, nose, and throat.
10 DOWN [Smudge] Very small, as a plant that has not yet made the roster.
11 ACROSS [Ink] Relating to Iran or its people, in a straightforward adjective.
12 ACROSS [Ink] Interest charged on a loan, in an archaic spelling.
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Irritates persistently, as an unfair remark might.
14 ACROSS [Riot] Name of a work, or the champion's line on a scoreboard?
15 ACROSS [Ink] Insincere talk meant to deceive, distract, or polish a weak case.
16 DOWN [Ink] Goods offered for purchase, whether on shelves or in a catalog.
17 ACROSS [Ink] Loose sleeveless outer robe worn in parts of the Middle East.
17 DOWN [Ink] Collections of anecdotes, sayings, or memorable notes about people.
18 DOWN [Smudge] Prohibit officially, as a league might bar an ineligible player.
19 ACROSS [Ink] Periodical publication, for short, arriving with the morning mail.
20 ACROSS [Ink] Choose after weighing alternatives, rather than simply charging ahead.
21 DOWN [Ink] A cushion or soft support, useful wherever the bench gets hard.
22 DOWN [Smudge] Concession word in casual messages, briefly, for a small verbal shrug.
23 ACROSS [Smudge] Seize suddenly, as a sharp fielder might a wayward throw.
24 ACROSS [Ink] Earlier than, in a compound-forming role.
25 ACROSS [Ink] Cheer of approval, especially from an enthusiastic crowd.
26 ACROSS [Ink] Glossy black tropical cuckoo relative that often travels in groups.
27 ACROSS [Ink] A measurement from end to end, given in abbreviated form.
28 ACROSS [Ink] Constructed language developed as a reform of Esperanto.
29 ACROSS [Smudge] Least tightly fastened among several things competing for the label.
30 DOWN [Ink] Narrow heraldic border running around the edge of a shield.
31 DOWN [Smudge] Singer Adu, or the musical act named for her.
32 ACROSS [Smudge] Place where milk becomes cheese, butter, or a considerable invoice.
32 DOWN [Ink] Young society woman, in brief, once a fixture of formal introductions.
33 DOWN [Ink] Actual time of arrival, in brief, for a delayed flight or train.
34 ACROSS [Ink] Long-nosed antelope of the Eurasian steppe, now conservation-sensitive.
35 DOWN [Riot] Fuel or vaporous substance that can ignite, or a very windy complaint?
36 DOWN [Ink] In the style of, as borrowed from French.
37 ACROSS [Ink] Intend or aim, in Scots usage.
38 ACROSS [Ink] Perfectly suited to the purpose, at least on paper.
39 ACROSS [Smudge] Howled like a hound, perhaps after hearing the final whistle.
40 ACROSS [Ink] A genus of tropical plants in botanical nomenclature.