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Chaosword #56: 25 Oct 2026

No. 5625 Oct 2026

Tea Meets The Outback

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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Ink] A feminine given name familiar across several European naming traditions
1 DOWN [Ink] A fixed expression whose meaning cannot always be read literally from its words
2 DOWN [Smudge] Australian wild canine, an animal not known for respecting the family-pet category
3 DOWN [Ink] Indian state celebrated for tea production and the Brahmaputra valley
4 ACROSS [Ink] A poet who composes elevated lyric tributes to people, places, or ideas
4 DOWN [Ink] Three-letter code for the Chicago airport named for aviator Edward O'Hare
5 DOWN [Ink] Phone, in brief, as it might appear beside a number in a listing
6 ACROSS [Ink] Wash briefly in clean water, as after using soap or shampoo
7 ACROSS [Ink] Of or relating to a doge, the elected chief magistrate of old Venice
8 ACROSS [Riot] Mother, in a word that reads the same coming and going?

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] Small wheel with a big job
1 DOWN [Ink] Argentine revolutionary's familiar name
2 DOWN [Ink] Rowing implement with a blade
3 DOWN [Smudge] Spun like a dancer in place
4 ACROSS [Ink] Sailor's affirmative
4 DOWN [Ink] With one leg on each side
5 DOWN [Ink] Pronoun addressing the listener
6 DOWN [Smudge] Tree with a famously vase-shaped crown
7 ACROSS [Ink] Dried grass for livestock
8 ACROSS [Riot] A sunny note in the scale?
9 ACROSS [Smudge] Published correction for a mistake
10 DOWN [Ink] Month known for its showers
11 ACROSS [Riot] Fourth month, for short, tail trimmed?
12 ACROSS [Riot] Leave another rider in the dust?
12 DOWN [Ink] Lyrical poem of praise
13 DOWN [Smudge] Last vessel for ashes
14 DOWN [Ink] French plural article meaning some
15 DOWN [Riot] Elevated trains with lofty ambitions?
16 ACROSS [Smudge] Hanukkah top with four sides
17 ACROSS [Smudge] Going on forever, like a bad meeting

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Riot] Cotton twill that turns into an excavated word backward?
1 DOWN [Ink] Brief immersion before a RINSE
2 DOWN [Ink] Distinct historical period
3 DOWN [Ink] Status as a country's citizen
4 DOWN [Ink] Single thing on a list
5 DOWN [Ink] System rewarding ability over pedigree
6 ACROSS [Ink] Aircraft that leaves the runway
6 DOWN [Ink] Instrument measuring polarized light
7 DOWN [Ink] French word for milk
8 DOWN [Ink] State legislator, in some jurisdictions
9 DOWN [Ink] Nothing at all, in a score
10 DOWN [Ink] Abbr. for a compass point between east and southeast
11 ACROSS [Smudge] Fuming, but not yet explosive
12 ACROSS [Ink] Lush haven amid arid sands
13 ACROSS [Ink] Father, in formal or Latin usage
14 ACROSS [Ink] Fine cotton thread or fabric
15 ACROSS [Ink] Copy another's manner or moves
16 DOWN [Smudge] French tobacco, on a label
17 ACROSS [Smudge] Australian hopper, informally
17 DOWN [Ink] Greek symbol for mass per volume
18 DOWN [Ink] Blade for propelling a rowboat
19 ACROSS [Ink] Black road surfacing material
20 ACROSS [Smudge] Russian space station, once
21 DOWN [Smudge] Anger, in a compact form
22 DOWN [Ink] Moved swiftly on foot, yesterday
23 ACROSS [Ink] China's largest ethnic group
24 ACROSS [Ink] Wide sash for a kimono
25 ACROSS [Smudge] Supportive undergarment
26 ACROSS [Ink] Italian word meaning "now"
27 ACROSS [Ink] Valve-moving engine part
28 ACROSS [Ink] Nickname for Leonard
29 ACROSS [Ink] Theft of personal property
30 DOWN [Ink] Fleshy seed covering, as on a yew
31 DOWN [Ink] Defense pact founded in 1949
32 ACROSS [Smudge] A Greek Fate, in mythology
32 DOWN [Smudge] Apple computer, informally
33 DOWN [Ink] Yoko's family name
34 ACROSS [Ink] Brought under control
35 DOWN [Ink] Adrenaline, in ER shorthand
36 DOWN [Ink] Animal's sheltered home
37 ACROSS [Smudge] Playfully mischievous
38 ACROSS [Ink] Stage of a journey or race
39 ACROSS [Smudge] In a shyly evasive manner
40 ACROSS [Ink] Masterless samurai of old Japan