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Chaosword #30: 29 Sept 2026

#30·Morning (5x5)·Ink Stains Welcome·29 Sept 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Riot] Young bear, lion, or Scout at the first meeting?
1 DOWN [Smudge] Reason behind an event, with legal echoes
2 DOWN [Smudge] To, wearing an antique grammatical collar
3 DOWN [Riot] Existed, or sounded like a legume?
4 ACROSS [Ink] Splinter or shaving, in Scots usage
4 DOWN [Ink] Smallest unit of meaning in linguistic analysis
5 DOWN [Smudge] A drama or a lively pastime
6 ACROSS [Ink] Wash a compound from a chromatography column
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Bricklayer, or member of a fraternal order
8 ACROSS [Riot] Sight organ that looks identical in reverse?

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Unable to see with either EYE, by definition.
1 DOWN [Ink] Draw air into the lungs and expel it.
2 DOWN [Riot] Circuit a runner takes, or a baby's resting place?
3 DOWN [Ink] Slanted type used for emphasis or titles.
4 DOWN [Ink] More pleasant than the alternative.
5 DOWN [Smudge] Loved extravagantly, with no interest in playing it cool.
6 ACROSS [Ink] Relationship between two quantities, often expressed numerically.
7 ACROSS [Ink] Calendar figure for the Moon's age on January 1.
8 ACROSS [Ink] Individual retirement account, in brief.
8 DOWN [Ink] Covered with frozen water or chilled until very cold.
9 DOWN [Ink] Price charged per unit or level of measurement.
10 ACROSS [Ink] Sheltered side of a ship or other object.
11 ACROSS [Smudge] North American songbird with an oddly feline name.
12 DOWN [Ink] Offer made in an auction or competitive sale.
13 ACROSS [Ink] Moral principle that guides a person's conduct.
14 ACROSS [Ink] Actions, especially those regarded as morally significant.

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Ink] In favor of, as a motion or proposal
1 DOWN [Riot] Devotee who may also cool the room with a whirring appliance?
2 DOWN [Smudge] Tune a process until it wastes less time, money, or computational effort.
3 DOWN [Ink] How easily written words can be seen, understood, and followed by readers.
4 ACROSS [Ink] Colorful Mexican shawl, often worn draped over the shoulders
4 DOWN [Smudge] Not large, whether describing a garment, a fee, or a very quiet voice.
5 DOWN [Smudge] Send out light, heat, sound, or an odor, whether invited or not.
6 DOWN [Riot] Half of a famously dyspeptic animated duo, paired with a more placid companion?
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Provide spoken play by play while an event unfolds before an audience.
7 DOWN [Ink] Member of an Indigenous people whose traditional homeland includes parts of Canada.
8 DOWN [Riot] Describing inherited property in old Norse law, or its associated rune?
9 DOWN [Ink] Poisonous substance produced by a living organism, such as a bacterium.
10 DOWN [Smudge] Omit a sound or passage, especially to make speech more fluid.
11 ACROSS [Smudge] Confer holy orders, or decree something with solemn authority.
11 DOWN [Riot] Unusual, unmatched in a pair, or divisible by two with one left over?
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Object of excessive admiration, or a graven image in a shrine.
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Handled a difficult matter, or distributed cards around a table.
14 ACROSS [Riot] Floor length, as a skirt or dress with a generously sweeping hemline?
15 ACROSS [Riot] Sheltered little valley, often green, and a computer maker by surname?
16 ACROSS [Ink] Citation shorthand, in brief, meaning in the same place as before.
17 ACROSS [Ink] Petroleum-derived solvent once used in cleaning, despite its hazards.
17 DOWN [Smudge] Existence itself, especially as discussed by philosophers concerned with reality.
18 DOWN [Riot] Sesame Street resident who plays with Bert and loves rubber ducks?
19 DOWN [Ink] Sibling's daughter, making her an aunt or uncle's close relation.
20 ACROSS [Ink] Military equipment and supplies, distinguished from the personnel using them.
20 DOWN [Riot] Spice from nutmeg's lacy seed covering, or a ceremonial club?
21 DOWN [Smudge] Botanical genus containing maples, with a name shared by a computer brand.
22 DOWN [Riot] Language spoken in Bangkok, or cuisine built around aromatic herbs and chiles?
23 ACROSS [Ink] Device that turns instructions, power, or human effort into useful work.
23 DOWN [Riot] Cleaning tool with a long handle, or wipe up a spill with one?
24 ACROSS [Smudge] Novelist Fleming's given name, shared by actor McKellen.
25 DOWN [Smudge] Overwhelming wonder mixed with a little fear, as before a vast spectacle.
26 DOWN [Ink] Conjunction adding a second negative alternative to neither or not.
27 ACROSS [Ink] Relating to the open sea, rather than inland or coastal waters.
28 ACROSS [Smudge] A pair's number, or the score that follows one in a simple count.
29 ACROSS [Ink] Point in an orbit where a body comes nearest to Earth.
30 ACROSS [Smudge] Dialectal spelling of the possessive pronoun belonging to you.