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Chaosword #36: 5 Oct 2026

#36·Morning (5x5)·One Beat, Many Stops·5 Oct 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Constrictor or feathered wrap
1 DOWN [Riot] Game won with a marked card?
2 DOWN [Riot] Name that reads the same both ways?
3 DOWN [Ink] An indefinitely long stretch of time
4 ACROSS [Smudge] Malice dressed as motivation?
4 DOWN [Ink] Examine quickly, as a document
5 DOWN [Riot] Trim fruit, perhaps?
6 ACROSS [Ink] Section of a long poem
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Noble gas keeping bulbs from burning out
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Prefix with a taste for the new

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Cook beneath a blazing top element
1 DOWN [Ink] Benjamin, composer of War Requiem
2 DOWN [Riot] Extremely cool, in old slang?
3 DOWN [Ink] Former, as a champion or spouse
4 DOWN [Ink] The Gem State, in the Northwest
5 DOWN [Ink] Disinfectant brand for hard surfaces
6 ACROSS [Riot] Eagerly amorous, perhaps?
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Bright notions seeking a blueprint?
8 ACROSS [Ink] Keyboard modifier beside the space bar
8 DOWN [Ink] Declare openly and without hedging
9 DOWN [Ink] Trumpet-shaped garden bloom
10 ACROSS [Riot] Text-message concession?
11 ACROSS [Smudge] Bitter denunciation, in verbal form
12 DOWN [Smudge] Manage, as a campaign
13 ACROSS [Ink] Fuming sulfuric acid, to a chemist
14 ACROSS [Smudge] Arthur, newspaperman behind a famous word puzzle

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Directed a group or project in the past
1 DOWN [Ink] Hawaiian flower garland, often given as a welcome
2 DOWN [Ink] One who cuts designs or lettering into a hard surface
3 DOWN [Ink] Bottom number in a fraction, mathematically speaking
4 ACROSS [Ink] Oregon city, home of the University of Oregon
4 DOWN [Ink] Place firmly inside something else, as data in a file
5 DOWN [Ink] On or immediately after a specified time or event
6 DOWN [Ink] Cheerful, or openly attracted to the same sex
7 ACROSS [Ink] Person who works to win support for a cause or candidate
7 DOWN [Ink] Remove inferior specimens from a group or collection
8 DOWN [Ink] World's largest continent by area and population
9 DOWN [Ink] Surname of George or T.S., both noted writers
10 DOWN [Ink] In a manner suggesting the color of blood or rubies
11 ACROSS [Ink] Restaurant worker who clears tables and carries dishes
11 DOWN [Riot] Container for groceries, or a puncher's favorite target?
12 ACROSS [Ink] Part played by an actor, or a function someone fills
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Foreign newcomer, or visitor from another planet
14 ACROSS [Ink] In the middle of, surrounded by other things
15 ACROSS [Ink] Pleased, cheerful, and not at all displeased
16 ACROSS [Ink] Bowed string instrument with a deep, mournful voice
17 ACROSS [Ink] The number of days in a week multiplied by ten
17 DOWN [Ink] Strike down or overwhelm with force
18 DOWN [Ink] Direction of sunrise, opposite the setting sun
19 DOWN [Ink] Official power to reject or block a proposal
20 ACROSS [Ink] Mythical beast assembled from parts of several animals
20 DOWN [Smudge] Movie-related, in a clipped dictionary form
21 DOWN [Ink] First name shared by Andersen, Holbein, and many others
22 DOWN [Ink] Country stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf
23 ACROSS [Ink] Writer who keeps a personal record of daily events
23 DOWN [Ink] Barrier built across a waterway to hold back water
24 ACROSS [Ink] Sudden small repetitive movement, or a nervous habit
25 DOWN [Ink] Constructed language derived from Esperanto, launched in 1907
26 DOWN [Ink] Third letter of the English alphabet, written phonetically
27 ACROSS [Ink] Orange-red spice and dye made from tropical seeds
28 ACROSS [Ink] Lyric poem addressed to a person, thing, or idea
29 ACROSS [Ink] Intermediate, especially in the legal phrase for an estate
30 ACROSS [Ink] Deer offspring, or fish eggs served as food