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Chaosword #48: 17 Oct 2026

No. 4817 Oct 2026

Drums and Spirits

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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Ink] A person's physical form, informally
1 DOWN [Ink] Small hand drum, often played in pairs
2 DOWN [Smudge] Mountain nymph, keeping to the high ground
3 DOWN [Ink] Search deeply, as into a subject
4 ACROSS [Riot] Rock with a metal payoff?
5 ACROSS [Smudge] Brisk and quick, in an older usage
5 DOWN [Ink] Small pouch or bag in anatomy
6 DOWN [Riot] French article that refuses singularity?
7 ACROSS [Riot] Tequila's source, with a spirited résumé?
8 ACROSS [Smudge] They can be cracked or followed

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Riot] Sing your own praises, with no choir required?
1 DOWN [Ink] Small shield once carried by a fighter
2 DOWN [Ink] Yoko's surname, in Beatles history
3 DOWN [Smudge] Worldview built from indivisible bits
4 DOWN [Ink] Long-necked Indian instrument for plucking
5 DOWN [Ink] Legal word meaning witnessed by
6 ACROSS [Smudge] Free the ends of a knot
7 ACROSS [Riot] Lobed-footed birds, or foolish folk?
8 ACROSS [Ink] Pigmented liquid in a tattoo needle
8 DOWN [Ink] Egyptian goddess of magic and motherhood
9 DOWN [Ink] Spanish for absolutely nothing
10 ACROSS [Ink] Resting place for MORNING ACROSS-1
11 ACROSS [Smudge] Scotland's flag, crossed at an angle
12 DOWN [Ink] Greek letter shaped like a capital T
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Notions forming in the mind
14 ACROSS [Ink] Old name for the English city Salisbury

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Recede, as water or confidence
1 DOWN [Ink] Small supernatural being in folklore
2 DOWN [Ink] A slant that can distort judgment
3 DOWN [Ink] Dotted or lightly scattered with something
4 ACROSS [Ink] Swedish pop quartet behind Dancing Queen
4 DOWN [Ink] Highly excited and eager
5 DOWN [Ink] A persistent source of harm or annoyance
6 DOWN [Ink] Supportive undergarment
7 DOWN [Ink] Settling a dispute as a neutral judge
8 ACROSS [Ink] False statements told as facts
9 DOWN [Ink] Fitted with footwear: Variant of 'shod'
10 ACROSS [Riot] Top-floor room with lofty ambitions?
11 DOWN [Ink] Fashion magazine named for the French word meaning she
12 DOWN [Ink] Relate, as a bedtime story
13 ACROSS [Ink] In step with current style
14 DOWN [Smudge] What MORNING ACROSS-8 may provide to a decoder
15 ACROSS [Ink] Absorbent cleaning tool that soaks up messes
16 ACROSS [Ink] Sick, unwell, or ailing
17 ACROSS [Ink] Sports official, informally
18 ACROSS [Ink] Phone directory abbreviation
19 ACROSS [Ink] International auxiliary language derived from Esperanto
20 ACROSS [Smudge] Conflict that diplomacy failed to prevent
20 DOWN [Ink] Alert someone to possible danger
21 DOWN [Ink] An assumed name used by someone
22 ACROSS [Ink] Japanese currency unit
22 DOWN [Ink] Starchy tropical tubers
23 DOWN [Ink] Ireland, in traditional verse
24 ACROSS [Ink] In the style of, written without the accent
25 ACROSS [Ink] Noah's vessel, in Genesis
26 ACROSS [Smudge] Mischievous fairy or lemon-lime drink
26 DOWN [Ink] How large something is
27 DOWN [Ink] Writer of sonnets, odes and other verse
28 DOWN [Ink] Great Lake touching Pennsylvania and New York
29 ACROSS [Smudge] Person with at least a seven-figure fortune
30 DOWN [Ink] Hawaiian garland of flowers
31 DOWN [Ink] A person's sense of identity
32 ACROSS [Ink] Force air suddenly through nose and mouth
33 ACROSS [Ink] Small eel, in regional usage
34 ACROSS [Ink] Prescribed regimen of food and drink
35 ACROSS [Ink] Relating to Earth, in compounds