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Chaosword #57: 26 Oct 2026

No. 5726 Oct 2026

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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Riot] Empty a leaky boat by hand, a chore with no courtroom drama?
1 DOWN [Smudge] A sharp projection on wire, or a pointed remark meant to sting
2 DOWN [Ink] Separately, with space between one person or thing and another
3 DOWN [Ink] South Asian nation whose capital city is New Delhi
4 DOWN [Ink] Leaned against a wall or other support, in a common British form
5 ACROSS [Ink] A temporary pause in breathing, notably one that may occur during sleep
6 DOWN [Ink] Present-tense form of “be” used with “you” and plural subjects
7 ACROSS [Riot] Weather tracker whose name reads the same coming and going?
8 ACROSS [Riot] Pickle’s bathwater, with the ocean’s own recipe?
9 ACROSS [Smudge] Cheap, gaudy stuff with little use or value, often bought on impulse

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Smudge] French pronoun for the speaker, with theatrical self-regard
1 DOWN [Smudge] Wet ground that makes a yard into a boot trap
2 DOWN [Smudge] Pizza's familiar green sprinkle
3 DOWN [Smudge] Fragrant material lit to scent a room or shrine
4 ACROSS [Riot] Overactor with a role in a deli sandwich?
4 DOWN [Smudge] Wheel-running pet with cheeks for pockets
5 DOWN [Ink] Study of the body's structure
6 DOWN [Ink] French word for evil or harm
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Container for ashes, giving remembrance a permanent address
8 ACROSS [Riot] Palindrome given name, as neat backward as RADAR?
9 ACROSS [Ink] Number expressed in the base-ten system
10 DOWN [Ink] Roman numeral between II and IV
11 ACROSS [Smudge] German word for spirit, with a ghostly edge
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Building custodian with keys and a mop
12 DOWN [Ink] Write down briefly, as a reminder
13 DOWN [Riot] Regret, or a street in Paris?
14 ACROSS [Ink] Office for National Statistics, in brief
15 ACROSS [Ink] Tall flightless bird from Australia
16 ACROSS [Smudge] Foot digit that may get stubbed on a chair
17 ACROSS [Smudge] Grain used in dark bread and whiskey

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Ink] Semi-solid substance between liquid and solid
1 DOWN [Smudge] Abbreviation for a family cohort
2 DOWN [Ink] Send out, as a scent or signal
3 DOWN [Ink] Dizzy from standing too quickly
4 ACROSS [Ink] Antlered male deer
4 DOWN [Smudge] Agitate a drink with a spoon
5 DOWN [Smudge] Polished and upscale, in a way
6 DOWN [Ink] Abbr. for the month after July
7 DOWN [Ink] Force that keeps planets in their paths
8 ACROSS [Ink] Middle Eastern ruler, historically
9 DOWN [Smudge] Flightless bird related to the ostrich
10 ACROSS [Ink] Visited places as part of a trip
11 DOWN [Smudge] The top-ranking group
12 DOWN [Ink] Thickly packed together
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Songbird named for nighttime singing
14 DOWN [Ink] Male cat, informally
15 ACROSS [Ink] Well-supported explanation of how something works
16 ACROSS [Ink] Vehicle identification number, for short
17 ACROSS [Ink] Soft, brimless cap
18 ACROSS [Ink] Belonging to that thing
19 ACROSS [Smudge] Electronic bank-transfer network, for short
19 DOWN [Ink] Prize given for achievement
20 DOWN [Smudge] Aromatic evergreen used in chests
21 ACROSS [Riot] Top for you, support for a golf ball?
22 ACROSS [Smudge] Tiny, in a Scots-flavored phrase
23 ACROSS [Ink] Place for a mineral soak and massage
23 DOWN [Smudge] Premium cable channel, in TV listings
24 DOWN [Riot] Farm animals that can become HAM?
25 ACROSS [Smudge] Programming language named for Lovelace
26 ACROSS [Ink] French Polynesian island with Papeete
26 DOWN [Ink] West African country between Ghana and Benin
27 DOWN [Smudge] Variant spelling of a Muslim scholar
28 DOWN [Smudge] Small island, poetically
29 ACROSS [Ink] Doctor who reads X-rays and scans
30 DOWN [Smudge] Constructed language derived from Esperanto
31 DOWN [Smudge] Nickname of cable TV pioneer Turner
32 ACROSS [Smudge] Scoop sediment from a riverbed
33 ACROSS [Riot] Fish that may be underfoot?
34 ACROSS [Smudge] Impending ruin, in a grim forecast
35 ACROSS [Smudge] Stark family patriarch, familiarly