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Chaosword #27: 26 Sept 2026

#27·Morning (5x5)·Fine Print Repairs·26 Sept 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Riot] A brief note, or a small bill to settle?
1 DOWN [Riot] A neck pain, or a creek in dialect?
2 DOWN [Riot] Like Swiss cheese, with openings throughout?
3 DOWN [Ink] Accustom to hardship through repeated exposure
4 DOWN [Smudge] Transmission electron microscope, in brief
5 ACROSS [Smudge] A roof gutter, in old usage
6 ACROSS [Ink] Seed scar marking its point of attachment
6 DOWN [Smudge] Possesses, speaking of one person
7 ACROSS [Ink] Maple genus in botanical classification
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Scottish island known for the Cuillin mountains

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Brown bear, especially one of the European sort.
1 DOWN [Riot] Stand stiffly, like fur answering an insult?
2 DOWN [Riot] Fishing pole that turns around into a beetle?
3 DOWN [Ink] Without illumination, like a room after its last bulb fails.
4 DOWN [Ink] Proof of who you are, in casual shorthand.
5 DOWN [Ink] Relating to medieval Scandinavians and their gods, ships, and sagas.
6 ACROSS [Riot] Musical form that keeps coming back for one more refrain?
7 ACROSS [Riot] One who avoids work, or a pulley that spins freely?
8 ACROSS [Riot] Anderson's given name, reversed, becomes a tailor's action?
8 DOWN [Smudge] Material from a tree, whether ACER or oak, after the sawmill has had its say.
9 DOWN [Smudge] Pale beige, the shade of linen before coffee enters the story.
10 ACROSS [Ink] Former U.S. immigration agency, for short.
11 ACROSS [Smudge] Group of eight performers, a little more syllabic than its leaner cousin.
12 DOWN [Ink] Somali coastal town on the Indian Ocean.
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Paris airport south of the city, serving travelers who checked twice.
14 ACROSS [Smudge] Formal fight between two people, once sold as a matter of honor.

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Emblem worn to identify an official or member
1 DOWN [Ink] Undergarment offering upper-body support
2 DOWN [Ink] Eighth month, in brief
3 DOWN [Ink] To an extreme degree
4 DOWN [Ink] Donated or handed over
5 DOWN [Ink] Energy associated with moving charged particles
6 ACROSS [Ink] Surname of the mathematician behind a named basis
6 DOWN [Ink] Newlywed on a post-wedding trip
7 DOWN [Ink] Landed lightly, as a bird
8 DOWN [Ink] Using something in the wrong situation
9 DOWN [Ink] Night preceding a notable day
10 DOWN [Ink] Garland often offered in Hawaii
11 ACROSS [Ink] Of the countryside rather than the city
12 ACROSS [Ink] Mediterranean fruit or its tree
13 ACROSS [Ink] Desert succulent used to make tequila
14 ACROSS [Ink] U.S.-born child of Japanese immigrants
15 ACROSS [Ink] Gland-produced substances, in anatomical terminology
16 DOWN [Ink] Surname in a criterion for system stability
17 ACROSS [Ink] Painting, sculpture, or another creative discipline
17 DOWN [Ink] Help given to someone in need
18 DOWN [Ink] Brazilian city famous for Copacabana Beach
19 ACROSS [Smudge] Plaything, or something treated as one
20 ACROSS [Riot] Argument's affirmative side?
21 DOWN [Ink] Investment return, for short
22 DOWN [Ink] Unusual, or not divisible by two
23 ACROSS [Ink] Three, in Roman numerals
24 ACROSS [Ink] Distilled spirit traditionally made from sugarcane
25 ACROSS [Ink] Pea's protective seed case
26 ACROSS [Ink] Physician, in casual speech
27 ACROSS [Ink] Mathematician behind a stochastic-calculus lemma
28 ACROSS [Ink] Cover for a container
29 ACROSS [Ink] Small saltwater fish often packed in oil
30 DOWN [Ink] Small metal fastener driven by a hammer
31 DOWN [Ink] Weather instrument that points into the wind
32 ACROSS [Ink] Title used by the Tibetan spiritual leader
32 DOWN [Ink] Excavated with a shovel
33 DOWN [Ink] Japanese carrier, by its initials
34 ACROSS [Ink] Windsurfing champion Robby
35 DOWN [Ink] Take legal action against
36 DOWN [Ink] Struck or made contact
37 ACROSS [Ink] Without illumination
38 ACROSS [Smudge] Listless boredom from too much sameness
39 ACROSS [Ink] In a brightly cheerful manner
40 ACROSS [Smudge] Obtain again, in obsolete usage