Chaosword #41: 10 Oct 2026
CHAOSWORD#41 · Morning (5x5)
10 Oct 2026
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#41·Morning (5x5)·Tidal Type·10 Oct 2026
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Morning Slip (5x5)
1 ACROSS [Smudge] Shy at first, or evasive when pressed
1 DOWN [Riot] Want a snack so badly it becomes a character flaw?
2 DOWN [Smudge] Lubricated, or running with suspicious efficiency
3 DOWN [Ink] Units marking Earth's trips around the Sun
4 ACROSS [Ink] Bay window, often rising through several stories
4 DOWN [Riot] A lyric tribute, often with more feeling than plot?
5 DOWN [Smudge] Illuminated, or became exciting at the party
6 ACROSS [Riot] Tibetan title paired with Lama?
7 ACROSS [Ink] Turn inside out, as a foot or eyelid
8 ACROSS [Ink] Certain connective-tissue disorders, in brief
Evening Tabloid (7x7)
1 ACROSS [Ink] Broad-canopied woodland tree, often standing for YEARS and yielding smooth timber.
1 DOWN [Smudge] A costly mistake, especially one made with confidence and then explained at length.
2 DOWN [Riot] Slippery elongated fish, famed for wriggling away from both nets and neat metaphors?
3 DOWN [Ink] Town near Manchester lending its name to a flaky pastry packed with currants.
4 DOWN [Riot] Break the rules for an advantage, then call it cleverness if challenged?
5 DOWN [Smudge] Richly seasoned with leafy aromatics, as a sauce that refuses to be shy.
6 ACROSS [Ink] Spanish word for milk, often seen after café on a menu.
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Painful open sore, often blamed on lunch even when the real cause is elsewhere.
8 ACROSS [Riot] Possess outright, or admit responsibility when the evidence is uncomfortably good?
8 DOWN [Smudge] In poetic diction, frequently appears where everyday prose would choose a plainer adverb.
9 DOWN [Riot] Metal filament for conducting current, tying parcels, or sending a telegram?
10 ACROSS [Riot] Research room, or a short-coated dog whose experiment involves snacks?
11 ACROSS [Smudge] Unable to sit still, as if the chair has begun issuing tiny personal insults.
12 DOWN [Riot] A joke, a bit of stage business, or a cloth used to silence a loudmouth?
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Keeper of the purse, in brief, a title found beside other officers.
14 ACROSS [Ink] CGS unit of work, a tiny measure from the era before SI took the stage.
Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)
1 ACROSS [Ink] Lively, quick, and energetic
1 DOWN [Ink] Supportive garment, often under a shirt
2 DOWN [Ink] Decay, as fallen leaves may do
3 DOWN [Smudge] Making the room feel pleasantly woozy
4 DOWN [Ink] Grain storage tower
5 DOWN [Ink] State of being aware and informed
6 ACROSS [Riot] High explosive, or a boost of enthusiasm?
6 DOWN [Smudge] Like a particularly dreadful nightmare
7 DOWN [Ink] Combining form relating to ideas
8 DOWN [Riot] One who declines every stiff drink?
9 DOWN [Ink] Royal Astronomical Society, in brief
10 DOWN [Ink] Spanish cheer at a bullfight
11 ACROSS [Ink] Masterless samurai in feudal Japan
12 ACROSS [Ink] Perfect, or a standard to aspire to
13 ACROSS [Ink] Spider monkey, in a zoological name
14 ACROSS [Smudge] Waterfowl that honk in formation
15 ACROSS [Riot] Distance an arrow can cover from its bow?
16 DOWN [Smudge] Hairnet or turkey's facial appendage
17 ACROSS [Ink] Organ that catches sound waves
17 DOWN [Ink] And the rest, in brief
18 DOWN [Smudge] Cry of sudden relief
19 ACROSS [Ink] Whole-number data type, for short
20 ACROSS [Riot] Cry after stubbing a toe?
21 DOWN [Ink] Breakfast grain often served as porridge
22 DOWN [Ink] Opponent or adversary
23 ACROSS [Ink] Chinese martial art, in brief
24 ACROSS [Riot] Name, to a Parisian?
25 ACROSS [Ink] Way of harmony in Chinese philosophy
26 ACROSS [Riot] Tea, as called in Mandarin?
27 ACROSS [Ink] Indian state on the Arabian Sea
28 ACROSS [Riot] Consumed a meal earlier
29 ACROSS [Ink] Climbing plant's slender grasping organ
30 DOWN [Ink] Norse mythic collection
31 DOWN [Ink] Moving within or toward
32 ACROSS [Ink] Remain in place or tolerate
32 DOWN [Smudge] Gym muscle groups, informally
33 DOWN [Riot] Feathered neckwear or constricting snake?
34 ACROSS [Smudge] Small arm of a sea or lake
35 DOWN [Ink] Finish or farthest point
36 DOWN [Ink] Digit at a foot's edge
37 ACROSS [Smudge] Connections, or government debt securities
38 ACROSS [Riot] Short-form note taker, informally?
39 ACROSS [Smudge] Long, sprawling stories
40 ACROSS [Riot] Large unruly crowd?