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Chaosword #39: 8 Oct 2026

#39·Morning (5x5)·Feral Byline·8 Oct 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] Arrive at a place or state
1 DOWN [Ink] Smoker's little cylinder, for short
2 DOWN [Ink] Egg-shaped, especially in botanical description
3 DOWN [Ink] Join two people in wedlock
4 DOWN [Ink] Go into, as a room
5 ACROSS [Smudge] First name of the Terrible Russian tsar
6 ACROSS [Smudge] Enclosed yard, in older usage
7 DOWN [Riot] One half of a mischievous laugh?
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Woody perennial with a trunk and branches
9 ACROSS [Riot] A Brontë heroine's surname

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] Nearly the same, which is close enough for socks.
1 DOWN [Smudge] Kitchen shield with pockets for emergency crumbs.
2 DOWN [Smudge] Received lavish praise, perhaps after a triumph.
3 DOWN [Ink] Whole number with no fractional baggage.
4 DOWN [Riot] Khat, in a variant spelling?
5 DOWN [Ink] Sent out, as light, sound, or gas.
6 ACROSS [Smudge] Country, canal, or hat, depending on the sentence.
7 DOWN [Riot] Where MORNING ACROSS-1 may arrive after a sea voyage?
8 ACROSS [Riot] Lewdly lustful, with a decidedly earthy bent?
9 DOWN [Riot] Nerve, in Finnish, perhaps?
10 ACROSS [Ink] Lyric poem addressed to a person, thing, or idea.
11 ACROSS [Smudge] Small definite article with a large grammatical workload.
12 ACROSS [Riot] One whose specialty is voting no?
13 DOWN [Ink] In the past, measured from now.
14 ACROSS [Ink] Strip grain of its embryo.
15 ACROSS [Riot] Western event where staying mounted is half the battle?

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] Mark of a product, or a scar left by heat.
1 DOWN [Ink] Wager placed on an uncertain outcome.
2 DOWN [Ink] Cheer from an enthusiastic crowd.
3 DOWN [Smudge] Ink-black, in a rather scholarly shade.
4 DOWN [Ink] Require in order to manage.
5 DOWN [Ink] Heavily armed battleship, especially of the early twentieth century.
6 ACROSS [Ink] Decorative sticker designed to be transferred.
6 DOWN [Ink] Causing overwhelming damage or shock.
7 DOWN [Ink] Distinctive flair and energetic confidence.
8 DOWN [Ink] One-hundredth anniversaries, in plural.
9 DOWN [Ink] Latin greeting meaning hail.
10 DOWN [Ink] Guided a group from the front.
11 ACROSS [Ink] One who consumes food, often enthusiastically.
12 ACROSS [Ink] French pupil, without its accent.
13 ACROSS [Ink] Number of sides on a triangle.
14 ACROSS [Ink] Fitted with blades or fins for turning.
15 ACROSS [Ink] Firmly resolved and impossible to sway.
16 DOWN [Ink] Grieve for someone who has died.
17 ACROSS [Ink] Barrier built to hold back water.
17 DOWN [Ink] Former ruler of Algiers, historically.
18 DOWN [Ink] Exist, in the present tense.
19 ACROSS [Ink] Microsoft operating systems, in brief.
20 ACROSS [Ink] Period of history marked by shared features.
21 DOWN [Ink] Romanian currency code, in brief.
22 DOWN [Riot] Lovelace's first name, in code?
23 ACROSS [Ink] Before, in poetry.
24 ACROSS [Smudge] What MORNING ACROSS-8 may bear, botanically.
25 ACROSS [Ink] Brief dip of the head in agreement.
26 ACROSS [Ink] Strong desire, especially for something unattainable.
27 ACROSS [Ink] Prayers, in Latin.
28 ACROSS [Ink] Collection of anecdotes about a person or subject.
29 ACROSS [Ink] One who provokes with mocking remarks.
30 DOWN [Ink] Opposed to a person or policy.
31 DOWN [Ink] Charles Lamb's literary alter ego.
32 ACROSS [Ink] Following the length of something.
32 DOWN [Ink] Unit of electric current, for short.
33 DOWN [Smudge] British room with a porcelain throne.
34 ACROSS [Ink] Homeric epic about the Trojan War.
35 DOWN [Smudge] Outstanding expert or playing card.
36 DOWN [Ink] French contraction meaning 'of the'.
37 ACROSS [Ink] Opening through which food enters the body.
38 ACROSS [Ink] Daughter of one's brother or sister.
39 ACROSS [Ink] State something as fact, often without proof.
40 ACROSS [Ink] States of matter with neither fixed shape nor volume.