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Chaosword #40: 9 Oct 2026

#40·Morning (5x5)·Ink Before Butter·9 Oct 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Riot] Make a scene with volume, as a toddler may do over a missing crayon?
1 DOWN [Riot] A fish or a low-pitched instrument, depending on the band?
2 DOWN [Ink] Touched down, as a bird on a branch or a plane on a runway.
3 DOWN [Smudge] Connected a circuit, or sent a message by telegraph in earlier days.
4 DOWN [Smudge] Wary of a deal whose fine print seems to have fine print.
5 ACROSS [Ink] A nonnative person or extraterrestrial, depending on the context.
6 DOWN [Ink] Hawaiian goose, a protected bird and the state bird of Hawaii.
7 ACROSS [Smudge] What follows “yes” in a jaunty, old-fashioned affirmation.
8 ACROSS [Riot] Severe in manner, or positioned at a ship’s rear?
9 ACROSS [Ink] Color cloth by soaking it in a pigment solution.

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] Opponent nobody invites to game night
1 DOWN [Riot] Newton's filling, perhaps?
2 DOWN [Ink] Pray, in classical Latin
3 DOWN [Ink] Sincere and serious in manner
4 ACROSS [Ink] Before, in Scottish dialect
4 DOWN [Ink] Without beginning or end
5 DOWN [Ink] Vast span of geological time
6 DOWN [Ink] Decay, as organic matter does
7 ACROSS [Ink] Retirement account, for short
8 ACROSS [Ink] Also, or to an excessive degree
9 ACROSS [Ink] Article of clothing, in general
10 DOWN [Ink] Weekday following Sunday, in brief
11 ACROSS [Ink] Conjunction paired with neither
12 ACROSS [Ink] Former German coin worth one hundredth of a mark
12 DOWN [Smudge] British person, in Australian slang
13 DOWN [Ink] Back, in the phrase to and ___
14 DOWN [Ink] Three, in Roman numerals
15 DOWN [Ink] Graduate admissions exam, for short
16 ACROSS [Ink] Operating rooms, in hospital shorthand
17 ACROSS [Smudge] What fills a balloon and surrounds us
18 ACROSS [Ink] British vehicle test, in brief
19 ACROSS [Smudge] Falsehood delivered with a straight face

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Element 5, used in heat-resistant glass
1 DOWN [Riot] Dance with a lively jazz beat?
2 DOWN [Ink] Egg capsules, in biology
3 DOWN [Ink] Follower of a Jamaican religious movement
4 DOWN [Riot] Palindromic name fit for an emperor?
5 DOWN [Ink] Unable to focus clearly on distant objects
6 ACROSS [Riot] Dinnerware piece or tectonic slab?
6 DOWN [Ink] Checked thoroughly before the test began
7 DOWN [Ink] Borrowed funds, with repayment expected
8 DOWN [Smudge] Taking the essence while leaving details behind
9 DOWN [Riot] Neckwear that can also deadlock a contest?
10 DOWN [Ink] Finish line, in either a race or a story
11 ACROSS [Ink] Shaped like an egg, in botanical description
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Red-breasted garden visitor, perhaps
13 ACROSS [Ink] Noodles or other Italian wheat preparations
14 ACROSS [Smudge] Made less difficult, or moved gently
15 ACROSS [Riot] Rushing stream or overwhelming download?
16 DOWN [Ink] Riding event with bucking livestock
17 ACROSS [Smudge] Salt water, a small unit beside an EON
17 DOWN [Ink] Honorific preceding a South Asian man's name
18 DOWN [Ink] Poetic form meaning ever
19 ACROSS [Riot] Informal footwear, or a Chicago baseball team?
20 ACROSS [Riot] Fishing implement or measuring stick?
21 DOWN [Ink] Rowing blade that helps a boat make headway
22 DOWN [Smudge] Twenty-four hours, a small unit beside an EON
23 ACROSS [Ink] Official who calls fouls, for short
24 ACROSS [Ink] Mount in Crete linked with Zeus
25 ACROSS [Ink] Triple-A rating, in brief
26 ACROSS [Ink] Individual retirement account, for short
27 ACROSS [Ink] Cut stone prized for its sparkle
28 ACROSS [Riot] Shout of distress, or what onions provoke?
29 ACROSS [Smudge] Raise again, as a flag
30 DOWN [Ink] German municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia
31 DOWN [Ink] Language of northwestern Mexico
32 ACROSS [Riot] Sharp tip or unit in a score?
32 DOWN [Ink] Friend, in casual speech
33 DOWN [Ink] Japanese sash worn with a kimono
34 ACROSS [Riot] Stable sound from a horse?
35 DOWN [Ink] Spirit flavored with juniper berries
36 DOWN [Riot] Joyful exclamation, often paired with a donkey's bray?
37 ACROSS [Ink] Humble or lower in rank
38 ACROSS [Ink] Sesame Street neighbor of Bert
39 ACROSS [Smudge] Marked with rows or given an interior covering
40 ACROSS [Ink] French spa town known for thermal baths