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Chaosword #23: 22 Sept 2026

#23·Morning (5x5)·Leafing the Field·22 Sept 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Riot] Blood's defensive block at the worst moment?
1 DOWN [Ink] A narrow break in a hard surface
2 DOWN [Smudge] Having an openwork, ornamental pattern
3 DOWN [Ink] Earthy yellow pigment, often reddish
4 DOWN [Riot] A leaf-based timeout in a cup?
5 ACROSS [Smudge] Contest that leaves no room for coasting
6 ACROSS [Ink] Russian country house or cottage
6 DOWN [Ink] Data acquisition systems, in brief
7 ACROSS [Riot] Maple's genus takes the botanical field?
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Scottish island of peaks, cliffs, and lochs

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] A relative, whether by blood, marriage, or the family resemblance of bad habits.
1 DOWN [Riot] Started a fire, or sparked an idea that needed a little oxygen?
2 DOWN [Smudge] Repeat a process, often with small improvements and diminishing patience?
3 DOWN [Smudge] In the present day, a slightly old-fashioned way to describe modern habits.
4 ACROSS [Ink] Computer processor, for short, the chip that does the thinking while you click around.
4 DOWN [Ink] Relating to the skull, especially the protective box around the brain.
5 DOWN [Smudge] Power or influence, particularly the sort that makes a quiet room listen.
6 DOWN [Riot] Without a sharpened rim, making it safer for toast but worse for fencing?
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Manga artist Junji, whose horror stories make ordinary body parts feel ambitious.
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Romanian currency code, in brief, though the coins themselves remain less chatty.
9 ACROSS [Riot] Former London prison whose name became shorthand for a particularly hard sentence?
10 DOWN [Smudge] Old liquid measure, roughly a quarter of a pint, with a tiny pourer's ego.
11 ACROSS [Smudge] Emptied the tank, the budget, or one's last reserve of conversational energy.
12 ACROSS [Riot] Serving soup one scoop at a time, a measured sport with no scoreboard?
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Estimated time of arrival, in brief, the number everyone asks and nobody trusts.
14 ACROSS [Riot] What MORNING ACROSS-6 becomes after losing its first letter, and a top card?
15 ACROSS [Riot] Ottoman-appointed ruler of Algiers, a title that sounds like a casual agreement?
16 ACROSS [Smudge] Guided the team, conducted the charge, or showed the way from the front?

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Riot] Flower's big moment?
1 DOWN [Smudge] Coastal inlet or horse color?
2 DOWN [Riot] Small room with a throne?
3 DOWN [Ink] Naturally, without forced connections
4 DOWN [Riot] Singer or elevator brand?
5 DOWN [Riot] Secret scheme, with gears turning?
6 ACROSS [Ink] Shinty stick, in Scottish Gaelic
6 DOWN [Smudge] Worthy of praise from the potting bench
7 DOWN [Smudge] Succulent often recruited for sunburns
8 DOWN [Ink] Calm attention to the present
9 DOWN [Ink] Gardner of classic Hollywood fame
10 DOWN [Ink] Scottish term for a young hoodlum
11 ACROSS [Riot] Heart's main highway?
12 ACROSS [Ink] Martini garnish with a pit
13 ACROSS [Ink] Like a pose from a yoga studio
14 ACROSS [Ink] Single unit in philosophy
15 ACROSS [Smudge] Embarrassed after losing the fern derby
16 DOWN [Ink] French verb meaning to have
17 ACROSS [Ink] Possess, as a prized fern
17 DOWN [Ink] Operations, in brief
18 DOWN [Ink] Variant spelling of a startled cry
19 ACROSS [Ink] I have, in a contraction
20 ACROSS [Ink] The end, in French
21 DOWN [Ink] Japanese family name, in many bylines
22 DOWN [Riot] Mesh, or final sum after deductions?
23 ACROSS [Ink] Taro paste served in Hawaii
24 ACROSS [Riot] French refusal, in brief?
25 ACROSS [Ink] Pickup with a bed, informally
26 ACROSS [Ink] Small pouch in anatomy
27 ACROSS [Smudge] Help for a thirsty houseplant
28 ACROSS [Ink] Parcel of land, in property law
29 ACROSS [Ink] Constrain, in an archaic usage
30 DOWN [Riot] Footwear with a sole purpose?
31 DOWN [Ink] Flower or colored part of the eye
32 ACROSS [Ink] Indian capital on the Yamuna
32 DOWN [Ink] Completed a task, in the past
33 DOWN [Ink] Freudian self concerned with reality
34 ACROSS [Riot] Pause, or what a wave may do?
35 DOWN [Ink] In the style of, for short
36 DOWN [Riot] Unlocking tool, or crucial point?
37 ACROSS [Smudge] Snow house with excellent insulation
38 ACROSS [Ink] Thread named for a French city
39 ACROSS [Ink] Senior member of a group
40 ACROSS [Riot] Composition, or an attempt?