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Chaosword #28: 27 Sept 2026

#28·Morning (5x5)·The Feral Second Proof·27 Sept 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Riot] What a gym rat may build?
1 DOWN [Ink] Device that slows or stops a vehicle
2 DOWN [Ink] More advanced in age than another
3 DOWN [Ink] She sold her hair in O. Henry's Christmas tale
4 ACROSS [Ink] French city painted by Van Gogh
4 DOWN [Ink] A wing, in classical Latin
5 DOWN [Smudge] Broad blue stretch separating coastlines
6 ACROSS [Ink] Long-handled utensil for serving soup
7 ACROSS [Ink] Wolf leader in Kipling's jungle tales
8 ACROSS [Ink] Period marked by distinctive events

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Riot] Cook beneath intense direct heat, as though supper had personally offended you?
1 DOWN [Smudge] Person in charge, often discovering that authority mostly schedules meetings.
2 DOWN [Ink] Large flightless South American bird related to the ostrich.
3 DOWN [Ink] Thick-walled sexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi.
4 DOWN [Riot] People on the inner circle, perhaps, in a suspiciously compact plural?
5 DOWN [Smudge] Bounding through the air, with gravity temporarily losing the argument?
6 ACROSS [Smudge] Archaic cry of sorrow, suitable for a narrator who has seen chapter two?
7 ACROSS [Riot] Italian town near Naples, or several backsides when read backward?
8 ACROSS [Riot] Tree fluid, or a ballet step when the letters turn around?
9 ACROSS [Smudge] Baked pastry casing a sweet or savory filling, edible architecture with flaky walls.
10 DOWN [Ink] Member of the Andean empire centered at Cusco.
11 DOWN [Ink] Hungarian city known for its castle and celebrated red wine.
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Still unpaid, as a bill that has not learned humility.
13 DOWN [Riot] Compact bundle, or a songbird when its letters turn around?
14 ACROSS [Ink] Brittany river flowing into the English Channel near Saint-Malo.
15 ACROSS [Smudge] Poe's given name, also borne by a tragic son in King Lear.

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Riot] Got underway when the tale took a turn?
1 DOWN [Riot] Pub counter, or a legal obstacle?
2 DOWN [Smudge] Stretch a small supply through the week
3 DOWN [Smudge] Expert who can tell sparkle from expensive nonsense
4 DOWN [Ink] Miscellaneous items, in scholarly Latin
5 DOWN [Smudge] Passport category, not quite a personality test
6 ACROSS [Ink] Given to speaking up, or related to singing
6 DOWN [Smudge] Leaf markings that look like nature changed fonts
7 DOWN [Ink] Gulf country whose capital is Muscat
8 DOWN [Smudge] Gathered together, as if summoned by plot gravity
9 DOWN [Ink] Roman greeting from a Latin text
10 DOWN [Ink] Sheltered side of a ship or mountain
11 ACROSS [Ink] Leader of the wolf pack identified by MORNING ACROSS-7.
12 ACROSS [Ink] In legal wording, to remove from office
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Forgive a debt, or send payment onward
14 ACROSS [Ink] Indian queen, in a title borrowed from Sanskrit
15 ACROSS [Smudge] Sending letters, or the bundle headed to the post?
16 DOWN [Smudge] Andean pack animal with a famously judgmental stare
17 ACROSS [Ink] Unidentified flying object, in brief
17 DOWN [Ink] Virginia university, in brief
18 DOWN [Smudge] Short-lived craze with a long queue behind it
19 ACROSS [Riot] Bullfight cheer, or a Spanish flourish?
20 ACROSS [Ink] British rule in India, historically
21 DOWN [Riot] Imitate, or channel the primate?
22 DOWN [Riot] Create a sticky situation, musically or otherwise?
23 ACROSS [Smudge] Programming shorthand for a stored quantity
24 ACROSS [Riot] Horse of small stature, or persistent critic?
25 ACROSS [Ink] Environmental agency, for short
26 ACROSS [Smudge] A fuss over nothing, often in a crowded chapter
27 ACROSS [Ink] Ask Me Anything session, for short
28 ACROSS [Ink] Precious stone, or a particularly fine example
29 ACROSS [Ink] Pygmalion's statue, brought to life in Greek myth
30 DOWN [Ink] Brother whose offering pleased God in Genesis
31 DOWN [Smudge] German word meaning finish, aptly placed at one
32 ACROSS [Ink] Claim of being elsewhere when trouble began
32 DOWN [Ink] Dog sound, in a comic strip perhaps
33 DOWN [Ink] Hawaiian welcome worn around the neck
34 ACROSS [Ink] Within, as a prefix in medical terms
35 DOWN [Riot] Fishing pole, lightning measure, or patriarchal staff?
36 DOWN [Smudge] One choice from an unlimited set, perhaps
37 ACROSS [Smudge] Start over after the plot gets feral
38 ACROSS [Ink] Classical Greek building for musical performances
39 ACROSS [Ink] In a suitably apt manner
40 ACROSS [Smudge] Horse, in old-fashioned stable talk