Crossword Challenge Puzzle 63 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 28 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 63, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in, and 1 of it needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Halting speaker”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to the picture clue in the left column, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Halting speaker”. Solve one of those two and every edge clue starts with a known letter.
Hints and answers, clue by clue
Clues look the way they do in the game. Tap Hint for a nudge or Answer to see the letters. The fully solved grid is below the hints.
Top row
These sit along the top edge and every answer runs down.
HALTING SPEAKER
1Halting speaker
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ T _ _ R _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Not moderate”.
STUTTERER
#1
2#1
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with T. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
TOP
INDIANA
3Indiana
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Starts with I; pattern I _. Check the second letter against “Color shade”.
IN
UNDER-GROUND ROOM
4Under-ground room
Top row 4/7 · 6 letters · down
Begins with C. “Modify” crosses it at the fourth square.
CELLAR
55
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
One word for the picture, starting with K.
K
COMFORT
6Comfort
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with E. The third square is also part of “Missing”.
EASE
FETCHING BACK
7Fetching back
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
R _ _ R _ _ V _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Not moderate”.
RETRIEVAL
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
88
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to S _ _ C _ _ R. Its fifth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
STICKER
COLOR SHADE
9Color shade
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with T. The third square is also part of “Indiana”.
TONE
1010
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: U _. The second square is also part of “#1”.
UP
TEAM
11Team
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Team starts with the answer.
T
JEWISH HOLY TEXT
12Jewish holy text
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with T. “Under-ground room” crosses it at the fourth square.
TORAH
NOT MODERATE
13Not moderate
Left column 6/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits E _ _ R _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “Not this one”.
EXTREME
REAL INTEREST INCOME
14Real interest income
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Real interest income”.
RII
b----eet
1515
Left column 8/9 · 4 letters · across
The image carries “b----eet”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with E.
EDSH
LEGAL DO-OVER
16Legal do-over
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ R _ _ L. Its fifth letter is shared with “Invite”.
RETRIAL
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
AMERICAN ENGLISH
17American english
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
AE
NOT THIS ONE
18Not this one
Row 3, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ E _. “Not moderate” crosses it at the fourth square.
OTHER
MISSING
19Missing
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
L _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Comfort”.
LOST
PAINTER
20Painter
Row 4, col 4 · 6 letters · down
A _ _ I _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Real interest income”.
ARTIST
MODIFY
21Modify
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits A _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Comfort”.
ALTER
METAL'S PARTNER
22Metal's partner
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ D _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the fourth square.
OXIDE
AFTER H
23After h
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from H in the alphabet.
I
TABLE-LAND
24Table-land
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
M _ _ _. The third square is also part of “MES__GE”.
MESA
FIRE UP
25Fire up
Row 8, col 5 · 3 letters · across
R _ _. Solving “Fetching back” first gives you its third letter.
REV
HUMAN RESOURCE
26Human resource
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Human resource”.
HR
MES__GE
27MES__GE
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “MES__GE” and enter only the missing part, starting with S.
SA
INVITE
28Invite
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Invite.
I
Crossword Challenge Level 63 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 63 solved
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