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Chaosword #52: 21 Oct 2026

No. 5221 Oct 2026

Culture, Crown, Coil

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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Bacteriologist with a namesake lab dish
1 DOWN [Riot] Energy that reads the same coming and going?
2 DOWN [Ink] Musical study for honing technique
3 DOWN [Ink] Number of sides on a triangle
4 DOWN [Riot] Fit for royalty, or beer when backed up?
5 DOWN [Ink] Literary anger, in an old-fashioned register
6 ACROSS [Smudge] Once-hypothesized medium for light to travel through space
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Clear away completely, as an unwanted backlog
8 ACROSS [Ink] Drug Enforcement Administration, in brief
9 ACROSS [Smudge] Serpentine fish that may deliver a nasty jolt

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] Country retreat where a city dweller grows tomatoes
1 DOWN [Ink] Challenge to attempt something risky
2 DOWN [Ink] As soon as possible, in office shorthand
3 DOWN [Ink] An anatomical crossing of paired nerve pathways
4 DOWN [Smudge] Adult female chicken, especially one kept for eggs
5 DOWN [Ink] Any longer, usually used with a negative
6 ACROSS [Smudge] Pale and gray, like a face after bad news
7 ACROSS [Ink] Marked by persistent wet weather
8 ACROSS [Ink] U.S. environmental watchdog, in brief
9 ACROSS [Smudge] First name of Three Stooges performer Howard
10 DOWN [Riot] Possesses, or defeats utterly?
11 DOWN [Ink] Paired organs used for seeing
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Wintry and white, as a mountain pass
13 DOWN [Ink] French word meaning a person's name
14 ACROSS [Riot] Caribbean hill, or gloomy in French?
15 ACROSS [Smudge] In disarray, as a room after a party

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Distinctive mark identifying a product, maker, or person's ownership
1 DOWN [Riot] A hit that may also be a lively dance with plenty of bounce?
2 DOWN [Ink] Regret a choice after its consequences have become unpleasantly clear
3 DOWN [Ink] Jet black, especially in a descriptive or scientific register
4 DOWN [Ink] A bird's constructed home, often tucked into a tree or hedge
5 DOWN [Ink] Heavily armored battleship, built to dominate the sea by gunfire
6 ACROSS [Ink] Molten rock below Earth's surface, awaiting a route toward daylight
6 DOWN [Ink] Relating to a government department or cabinet office
7 DOWN [Smudge] An exclamation of sorrow or regret, usually delivered with a sigh
8 DOWN [Ink] Specialist who identifies, grades, and evaluates precious stones
9 DOWN [Ink] Actress West's given name, attached to one of cinema's boldest personas
10 DOWN [Ink] Lou Gehrig's disease, for short
11 ACROSS [Ink] Farther from the center or inside, as one ring of a target
12 ACROSS [Ink] Relating to the final section of the small intestine
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Deep blue, in an old poetic color term
14 ACROSS [Ink] Labels by which people, places, or things are known
15 ACROSS [Ink] Reappearance of an ancestral trait after several generations have passed
16 DOWN [Ink] Four-stringed instrument of the violin family, with a warm middle register
17 ACROSS [Smudge] Giving off little light, like a lamp near the end of its service
17 DOWN [Ink] Bestow a title or epithet upon someone or something
18 DOWN [Ink] U.S. Commerce Department trade agency, for short
19 ACROSS [Smudge] Slangily insults or treats someone with contempt
20 ACROSS [Ink] Greeting in Spanish or Portuguese, usually delivered with warmth
21 DOWN [Ink] Not high in position, level, amount, or social standing
22 DOWN [Ink] Tailless primate such as a chimpanzee, gorilla, or orangutan
23 ACROSS [Ink] Australian utility vehicle, combining a passenger cab with an open bed
24 ACROSS [Ink] Word expressing refusal, negation, or the opposite of agreement
25 ACROSS [Smudge] Cut off or trim roughly, leaving an edge that is anything but elegant
26 ACROSS [Ink] Official prohibition imposed by an authority or governing body
27 ACROSS [Ink] Spanish cheer of approval, often heard after a fine performance
28 ACROSS [Ink] Be indebted to someone, whether for money, thanks, or an apology
29 ACROSS [Ink] Saharan nomad, in a variant spelling of Tuareg
30 DOWN [Ink] At one time, whether in the past or at some future point
31 DOWN [Ink] Director Kazan's given name, used professionally without its family name
32 ACROSS [Ink] Surrounded by others or situated in the midst of a group
32 DOWN [Ink] Month following March, in brief
33 DOWN [Ink] Given name of one of the Three Stooges, the famously mugging trio
34 ACROSS [Ink] Relating to the ilium, the broad upper bone of the pelvis
35 DOWN [Ink] Beer made by fermenting malted grain, generally served cold
36 DOWN [Smudge] Law, in Latin, a compact word with a courtroom pedigree
37 ACROSS [Ink] Small bag or sack, carried by hand or attached to clothing
38 ACROSS [Ink] Passage between rows of seats, shelves, or display counters
39 ACROSS [Ink] Set again or restore to an initial state after a fault or interruption
40 ACROSS [Ink] Milky plant fluid used in rubber manufacture, gloves, and paint