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Chaosword #54: 23 Oct 2026

No. 5423 Oct 2026

Troy And Isles

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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Country occupying the western portion of the island of Great Britain
1 DOWN [Smudge] Crank-operated apparatus that reels in a heavy load, one turn at a time
2 DOWN [Riot] Think the world of someone, without ever consulting an atlas?
3 DOWN [Riot] Flat and unchanged, whether read from the front or the back?
4 DOWN [Ink] Related through one’s mother’s family, rather than one’s father’s
5 DOWN [Smudge] Dutch painter Jan, known for lively scenes of households behaving badly
6 ACROSS [Ink] Tiny broadcast announcement naming the station, usually over in seconds
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Stars that flare brilliantly before fading back toward their usual brightness
8 ACROSS [Ink] Greek island in the southern Aegean, famous in myth as a birthplace of Zeus
9 ACROSS [Riot] Legendary face said to have launched a thousand ships, making beauty oddly nautical?

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Brazilian dance with a brisk, swaying rhythm
1 DOWN [Ink] Small herring, often sold smoked
2 DOWN [Smudge] Toward the back, in older usage
3 DOWN [Ink] Understand incorrectly by ear
4 DOWN [Ink] Wager placed on an outcome
5 DOWN [Ink] Variant spelling of plug-joining device
6 ACROSS [Smudge] Used leverage to open a stubborn lid
7 ACROSS [Ink] Put an idea into different words
8 DOWN [Ink] In or at that place
9 DOWN [Riot] Down supplier with a bill?
10 ACROSS [Ink] Exclamation of sudden relief
11 ACROSS [Ink] Greek letter linked to the golden ratio
12 ACROSS [Ink] Handled or processed
13 DOWN [Ink] Lovelace's first name
14 ACROSS [Ink] Love deeply, as a devoted fan might
15 ACROSS [Ink] Less common than something comparable

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] Large plains grazer whose shaggy head makes cattle look underdressed
1 DOWN [Riot] Sheep's terse reply when asked for its opinion on the farm?
2 DOWN [Smudge] Tiny devil, or a troublesome youngster with suspiciously clean hands
3 DOWN [Smudge] Restraining dissent, as an authoritarian measure might be
4 DOWN [Ink] Norwegian capital where fjords and formal civic buildings share the view
5 DOWN [Smudge] Decorative embroidery made with counted stitches rather than freehand flourishes
6 ACROSS [Ink] Hyphenated ultrasound test used to measure eye length before cataract surgery
6 DOWN [Smudge] Italian farewell that literally sends a departing person toward another meeting
7 DOWN [Smudge] In the near future, though not so promptly that anyone should panic
8 DOWN [Smudge] Forming a clot, as blood does when it decides the leak has gone too far
9 DOWN [Ink] Donkey, or a particularly tiresome fool who has earned the comparison
10 DOWN [Smudge] King Cole who sang 'Unforgettable' in that famously velvety voice
11 ACROSS [Ink] Entertain, divert, or keep an otherwise bored gathering alive
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Surname of Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart, who carried tree seeds around the Moon
13 ACROSS [Riot] Fruit with a daily reputation for putting doctors out of business?
14 ACROSS [Ink] Cooked joint of meat that turns a long oven stay into dinner
15 ACROSS [Smudge] Shelling peas, despite sounding like a job in the packaging department
16 DOWN [Ink] Low, often backless couch made for reclining rather than sprinting
17 ACROSS [Smudge] Former Russian space station that preceded the age of the ISS
17 DOWN [Smudge] Howard of the Three Stooges, generally responsible for the eye pokes
18 DOWN [Smudge] People currently in power, in political shorthand that contrasts them with challengers
19 ACROSS [Ink] Roman numeral for fifty-four, combining fifty with four
20 ACROSS [Ink] University of North Carolina, for short, in a campus abbreviation
21 DOWN [Smudge] Recently made, introduced, or discovered, with the packaging still smug
22 DOWN [Ink] The third letter, when its name is spelled out instead of displayed
23 ACROSS [Ink] A single unit, with no companions and no committee meeting required
24 ACROSS [Smudge] Biblical first woman, or the night before a holiday on the calendar
25 ACROSS [Smudge] Sheltered side, where the wind has been politely shown the door
26 ACROSS [Smudge] The letter that begins snake, silence, and several stern instructions
27 ACROSS [Riot] Crash accommodation for a bachelor or a falling stunt performer?
28 ACROSS [Ink] Wonder mixed with reverence, as a vast night sky can produce
29 ACROSS [Smudge] At the earliest time among several options, with patience officially exhausted
30 DOWN [Smudge] Exceptional person or thing, in British slang, with no room for modesty
31 DOWN [Ink] Relating to a Tai ethnic group and its region in northeastern Myanmar
32 ACROSS [Ink] Small Russian pancakes, traditionally served with savory or creamy toppings
32 DOWN [Smudge] Supportive undergarment whose engineering rarely receives a parade
33 DOWN [Smudge] Bathroom, in British shorthand, with no room for extra syllables
34 ACROSS [Ink] European river flowing through Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands
35 DOWN [Smudge] Prefix meaning recent or revived, as in a classical style returning
36 DOWN [Ink] Eastern Standard Time, in brief, for people scheduling across America
37 ACROSS [Smudge] Glossy black bird often associated with ominous poetry and cleverness
38 ACROSS [Smudge] Walking sticks, especially the polished sort carried with ceremonial confidence
39 ACROSS [Smudge] Prevent, as a disaster, preferably before anyone adds dramatic music
40 ACROSS [Riot] A bar that never orders a drink, being made of metal instead?