Chaosword #37: 6 Oct 2026
CHAOSWORD#37 · Morning (5x5)
6 Oct 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)
1 ACROSS [Riot] Unconscious state, or punctuation after losing an M?
1 DOWN [Riot] Holiday song, perhaps delivered by a cheerful doorstep visitor?
2 DOWN [Ink] Describing something related to sheep.
3 DOWN [Ink] Tropical parrot famous for its bold, curved bill.
4 DOWN [Ink] Relating to a wing or the winglike part of an organ.
5 ACROSS [Smudge] Maritime adjective with a strong command presence.
5 DOWN [Riot] Scottish headland, or the end of Loch's famous name?
6 ACROSS [Ink] Flowering-plant genus that includes many heathers.
7 ACROSS [Riot] Echo locator that lets submarines play Marco Polo?
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Killed, in a terse literary past tense.
Evening Tabloid (7x7)
1 ACROSS [Ink] Present opposing reasons, preferably without throwing furniture or raising your voice.
1 DOWN [Ink] Disney's streetwise hero, paired with a genie whose contract has loopholes.
2 DOWN [Ink] Hardy grain used in bread, whiskey, and the occasional bleak breakfast.
3 DOWN [Ink] Structural beam designed to carry weight across an opening or span.
4 DOWN [Ink] A joining of people or states, or the labor group that bargains collectively.
5 DOWN [Ink] Expel material from the body, a task with considerably less glamour than eating.
6 ACROSS [Smudge] Being deliberately untruthful, though the furniture may also be horizontal.
7 ACROSS [Ink] A high nest, especially one associated with an eagle or other large bird.
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Removable top for a container, or the part of the head that takes the blame.
8 DOWN [Ink] The state of no longer having something, whether cherished, expected, or merely present.
9 DOWN [Ink] Not active or in use, like a machine waiting patiently for attention.
10 ACROSS [Riot] Operating systems that become a patch of turf when read backward?
11 ACROSS [Ink] A miscellaneous leftover, the small unclaimed piece in a box of assorted things.
12 DOWN [Ink] Encountered after waking from MORNING ACROSS-1, in a past-tense report.
13 ACROSS [Smudge] More artfully deceptive than another person, fox, or finely worded contract.
14 ACROSS [Ink] Dispatched or transmitted, as a message that has left its sender's hands.
Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)
1 ACROSS [Ink] Thinking organ inside the skull.
1 DOWN [Riot] Young male, or a pup's praise target?
2 DOWN [Ink] Regret deeply, after the fact.
3 DOWN [Smudge] Relating to air or the mood of a scene.
4 DOWN [Ink] A thought with a chance of becoming plan.
5 DOWN [Ink] One living elsewhere, for tax purposes.
6 ACROSS [Ink] Seed precursor tucked inside a flower.
6 DOWN [Smudge] All-knowingness, a taxing superpower.
7 DOWN [Ink] Competes for the same prize.
8 DOWN [Smudge] Bad for you, in body or spirit.
9 DOWN [Ink] Sheltered side of a ship or hill.
10 DOWN [Smudge] Make a mistake, in formal prose.
11 ACROSS [Smudge] Surpass, then add an unnecessary flourish.
12 ACROSS [Ink] One who extracts ore underground.
13 ACROSS [Ink] Arabian nation south of Saudi Arabia.
14 ACROSS [Ink] More recent than the other option.
15 ACROSS [Smudge] Long, ribbonlike fish of the deep sea.
16 DOWN [Ink] Swing wildly, with little control.
17 ACROSS [Ink] Federal tax agency, for short.
17 DOWN [Smudge] Ford who served in El Salvador, by first name.
18 DOWN [Ink] Mythic giant bird of Arabian tales.
19 ACROSS [Smudge] Elevated railways, in Chicago slang.
20 ACROSS [Ink] Grain often poured into breakfast bowls.
21 DOWN [Ink] Suffer from illness or trouble.
22 DOWN [Ink] Phone listing label, briefly.
23 ACROSS [Riot] Summit, or garment worn above the waist?
24 ACROSS [Ink] Small pouch, as in a seed or organ.
25 ACROSS [Riot] Rest horizontally, or speak falsely?
26 ACROSS [Smudge] A Scottish expression of mild dismay.
27 ACROSS [Ink] Roman numeral for three.
28 ACROSS [Riot] Alphabet letter with a right angle?
29 ACROSS [Smudge] Without a finish, like a tedious meeting.
30 DOWN [Ink] Nearly, in a poetic register.
31 DOWN [Ink] Former name of Thailand.
32 ACROSS [Smudge] Curie's given name, in the lab.
32 DOWN [Ink] Month following April.
33 DOWN [Smudge] In the manner of, on a menu.
34 ACROSS [Ink] Mythic mother punished by Apollo and Artemis.
35 DOWN [Smudge] Official prohibition, or impose one.
36 DOWN [Riot] Final point, or a rope's loose bit?
37 ACROSS [Ink] Put into a straight line.
38 ACROSS [Ink] Shinty stick, in Scottish sport.
39 ACROSS [Smudge] Pleasure vessel, often owned by someone pleased.
40 ACROSS [Smudge] Correct a text without rewriting it wholesale.