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Chaosword #53: 22 Oct 2026

No. 5322 Oct 2026

Bends And Beasts

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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Riot] A friendly companion, or the bait tossed out to make fish join the party?
1 DOWN [Smudge] The reef's hard, branching architecture, built by tiny animals rather than masons
2 DOWN [Ink] Caribbean nation on Hispaniola, sharing that island with the Dominican Republic
3 DOWN [Smudge] Describing a botanical form that is rounded like a grape, not shaped like an egg
4 DOWN [Smudge] Hawaiian songs or chants, where a performance can carry a genealogy or a legend
5 ACROSS [Smudge] A dry Italian white wine, best known by the name of its village in Veneto
5 DOWN [Riot] A basement basin where water hits bottom before a pump gives it a lift?
6 ACROSS [Ink] A wild, thick-horned sheep of Central and South Asia, with no shepherd required
7 ACROSS [Smudge] A nonshiny surface, useful when glare would make a glossy one unbearable
8 ACROSS [Riot] A ballet move that bends the knee without pledging allegiance?

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Ink] A genus of feather grasses
1 DOWN [Smudge] Less sizable than another
2 DOWN [Smudge] Arranged like a wedding cake
3 DOWN [Ink] Not legally binding or acceptable
4 DOWN [Ink] Hawaiian paste made from pounded taro
5 DOWN [Smudge] Language once heard in ancient Judea
6 ACROSS [Ink] People not yet of legal age
7 DOWN [Ink] Italian verb form meaning they stay
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Take the edge off, as pain or stress
9 DOWN [Ink] Fruity aroma compound in MORNING ACROSS-5
10 ACROSS [Ink] A long stretch of history
11 ACROSS [Ink] Spanish for more, with its accent omitted
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Needing a leg up from another
13 DOWN [Ink] Contraction meaning 'I have'
14 ACROSS [Riot] Heavenly, whether holy or wholly delicious?
15 ACROSS [Ink] A room's furnishings and ornamentation

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Stick passed from runner to runner
1 DOWN [Ink] Wager placed by a gambler
2 DOWN [Ink] Postal abbreviation for alley
3 DOWN [Smudge] Putting a show on the air, visually
4 DOWN [Riot] Where things get heated?
5 DOWN [Smudge] The jitters before an important event
6 ACROSS [Ink] Womb, in the phrase "in ___"
6 DOWN [Ink] Not amenable to medical care
7 DOWN [Ink] Starchy tropical root used in poi
8 DOWN [Smudge] The process of fading from sight
9 DOWN [Ink] Stoplight color meaning halt
10 DOWN [Ink] Spanish cheer at a bullfight
11 ACROSS [Ink] Pupil in a French classroom
12 ACROSS [Ink] Belly button or an orange variety
13 ACROSS [Ink] Surname of Aerosmith singer Steven
14 ACROSS [Ink] Barter goods or services
15 ACROSS [Ink] Surround, as a setting does
16 DOWN [Ink] Small picture within a larger image
17 ACROSS [Ink] Available without a prescription, for short
17 DOWN [Ink] Having lived for many years
18 DOWN [Ink] Drink made by steeping leaves
19 ACROSS [Ink] First positive integer
20 ACROSS [Ink] Letter after R and before T
21 DOWN [Ink] Nickname for Stewart
22 DOWN [Ink] Nickname for Sidney
23 ACROSS [Ink] Meadow, in a poetic word
24 ACROSS [Ink] Country whose Florida lies north of MORNING DOWN-2
25 ACROSS [Ink] A pig's muddy quarters
26 ACROSS [Ink] Neuter German definite article
27 ACROSS [Ink] Put in a particular position
28 ACROSS [Riot] A cow's recycled lunch?
29 ACROSS [Ink] Military shelters, collectively
30 DOWN [Ink] Either of two collections of Norse myths
31 DOWN [Smudge] Target for ambition
32 ACROSS [Ink] Out of the way, temporarily
32 DOWN [Ink] Motor-neuron disease, for short
33 DOWN [Smudge] Salt water beyond shore
34 ACROSS [Ink] Removed the bones from
35 DOWN [Ink] And the rest, for short
36 DOWN [Ink] Mark atop a lowercase i
37 ACROSS [Ink] Temporarily gives, as a library book
38 ACROSS [Ink] Prefix relating to milk
39 ACROSS [Smudge] Long, sprawling tales
40 ACROSS [Ink] Choose a candidate for office