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Chaosword #61: 30 Oct 2026

No. 6130 Oct 2026

Bark And Bearings

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Morning Slip (5x5)

1 ACROSS [Riot] What does a tree put in a wine bottle?
1 DOWN [Ink] Andean shrub whose leaves help some travelers handle thin air
2 DOWN [Ink] Country on the southeastern Arabian Peninsula
3 DOWN [Riot] Kitchen appliance with room to roam?
4 DOWN [Ink] Took a resting position on one's knees
5 ACROSS [Smudge] Describing a traveler or custom from a Gulf sultanate
6 DOWN [Smudge] A thought that arrives when a lost traveler asks around
7 ACROSS [Smudge] Disciplined with a rattan rod in an old-school classroom
8 ACROSS [Riot] A photographer's viewpoint, or what a fisher may do?
9 ACROSS [Ink] Estimated time of arrival, for short

Evening Tabloid (7x7)

1 ACROSS [Riot] The greatest of all time, in a barnyard disguise?
1 DOWN [Smudge] Kept under watch, or careful about revealing feelings
2 DOWN [Ink] Canadian province east of Manitoba, in brief
3 DOWN [Smudge] Word built from initials, a shortcut with a mouthful of letters
4 DOWN [Ink] Giving a product the hard sell
5 ACROSS [Smudge] Badly mannered, as if courtesy never found the address
6 DOWN [Ink] Possesses, as a landlord does a building
7 ACROSS [Ink] One's homeland, in Latin
7 DOWN [Ink] Raised platforms, each supporting a speaker or display
8 ACROSS [Smudge] Conjunction that keeps 'neither' company
8 DOWN [Ink] A brief sleep, or fabric's raised fuzz
9 ACROSS [Ink] British statistics office, for short
10 ACROSS [Ink] Combining one quantity with another
11 DOWN [Ink] Three-letter code for Rome's main language
12 ACROSS [Smudge] Religious devotion, often displayed with solemn ceremony
13 ACROSS [Ink] First man in the Book of Genesis

Midnight Broadsheet (11x11)

1 ACROSS [Riot] Curved line, or a story's course?
1 DOWN [Ink] Venomous snake of North Africa
2 DOWN [Riot] Feathered Titan, in a mythic mash-up?
3 DOWN [Ink] Company suffix, in brief
4 ACROSS [Ink] Negative verb contraction, informally
4 DOWN [Ink] Relating to the ileum
5 DOWN [Ink] Profanation of something sacred
6 DOWN [Riot] Hard case, or a snack?
7 DOWN [Ink] Divided into three lobes
8 ACROSS [Riot] Foot covering, or a hoof's hardware?
9 DOWN [Smudge] One who spots while lurking nearby
10 ACROSS [Riot] Bay shrub, or a victor's wreath?
11 DOWN [Ink] Morally reprehensible
12 DOWN [Riot] Allow, or lease to a tenant?
13 ACROSS [Smudge] Viewpoint shaped by where one stands
14 DOWN [Ink] Without a coin to one's name
15 ACROSS [Ink] Come into view or become visible
16 ACROSS [Riot] Suitable, after a tailor's work?
17 ACROSS [Ink] Rude, in an archaic spelling
18 DOWN [Ink] Medieval officer serving a bishop
19 ACROSS [Smudge] A full count of fingers, conveniently
19 DOWN [Smudge] Gadget enthusiast, informally
20 ACROSS [Riot] Container cover, or spending cap?
21 ACROSS [Smudge] Endangered, in a melodramatic report
21 DOWN [Smudge] A handshake put into words
22 DOWN [Smudge] Raised bank holding back a river
23 ACROSS [Riot] Rainwear, or a Cupertino computer?
23 DOWN [Ink] Chinese revolutionary who led the PRC
24 ACROSS [Smudge] A score's instruction to flow smoothly
25 DOWN [Riot] Inform, or a revealing sign?
26 DOWN [Smudge] Solely, with no extras attached
27 ACROSS [Smudge] Accomplishment worth taking pride in
28 DOWN [Ink] Apple mobile operating system
29 DOWN [Riot] Golf peg, or a shirt named for a letter?
30 ACROSS [Ink] Idle and unproductive
31 ACROSS [Riot] French “she,” coming and going?
32 ACROSS [Ink] Latin verb meaning “to be”
33 ACROSS [Ink] Caustic solution used in soapmaking