Crossword Challenge Puzzle 82 Clues and Answers
Puzzle 82 of Crossword Challenge gives you 30 clues on a 8×10 board. Each one is listed below with a hint first and the answer second.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Dry spell”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to the picture clue in the top row. 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.
11
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: D _ _ E _ _ E _ _. Solving “Global reach” first gives you its sixth letter.
DETERGENT
22
Top row 2/7 · 6 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to R _ _ N _ _. Solving “Tooth layer” first gives you its fourth letter.
RUNNER
OFFICE
3Office
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Office starts with the answer.
O
st--f
44
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“st--f”). What is left starts with U.
UF
WIDE BREACH
5Wide breach
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with G; pattern G _ _ _. Solving “Layer of wood” first gives you its third letter.
GAPE
DIMINUTIVE HILL
6Diminutive hill
Top row 6/7 · 7 letters · down
Shape: H _ _ L _ _ K. Check the fifth letter against “Original gangster”.
HILLOCK
MAKE AN EFFORT
7Make an effort
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Fits T _ _. The third square is also part of “Layer of wood”.
TRY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
DRY SPELL
8Dry spell
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with D. The fifth square is also part of “Wide breach”.
DROUGHT
mak--p
99
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “makp” gives the answer. First letter: E.
EU
BOMB MATERIAL
10Bomb material
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: T _ _. Solving “Color of sand” first gives you its third letter.
TNT
TOOTH LAYER
11Tooth layer
Left column 4/9 · 6 letters · across
Begins with E. The fourth square is also part of “New zealand native”.
ENAMEL
ACTRESS SOFER
12Actress sofer
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
R _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Color of sand”.
RENA
GLOBAL REACH
13Global reach
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Global reach”.
GR
FIFTH LETTER
14Fifth letter
Left column 7/9 · 1 letter · across
A single letter or symbol answers “Fifth letter”.
E
LOWEST POINT
15Lowest point
Left column 8/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with N; pattern N _ _ I _. “New zealand native” crosses it at the fourth square.
NADIR
KIDDIE
16Kiddie
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
T _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Dual disk transfer”.
TOT
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
NOT FOUL
17Not foul
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with F. “Diminutive hill” crosses it at the third square.
FAIR
COLOR OF SAND
18Color of sand
Row 3, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Fits T _ _. Check the third letter against “Actress sofer”.
TAN
LAYER OF WOOD
19Layer of wood
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
P _ _. The third square is also part of “Make an effort”.
PLY
NEW ZEALAND NATIVE
20New zealand native
Row 4, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Begins with M. “Male duck” crosses it at the fourth square.
MAORI
SILLY BIRDS
21Silly birds
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Begins with G. Check the fourth letter against “Smile”.
GEESE
ORIGINAL GANGSTER
22Original gangster
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
OG
DRUG COP
23Drug cop
Row 6, col 6 · 4 letters · down
Starts with N; pattern N _ _ _. Solving “Lowest point” first gives you its third letter.
NARC
ONE TIME
24One time
Row 7, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: O _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Diminutive hill”.
ONCE
DUAL DISK TRANSFER
25Dual disk transfer
Row 7, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
DDT
MALE DUCK
26Male duck
Row 8, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits D _ _ K _. “Diminutive hill” crosses it at the fourth square.
DRAKE
ANTI-OXIDANT
27Anti-oxidant
Row 8, col 3 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Anti-oxidant”.
AO
SMILE
28Smile
Row 9, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Smile starts with the answer.
S
AFTER T
29After t
Row 9, col 7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to T; the answer is its next letter.
U
SIGNAL
30Signal
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits C _ _. Solving “Silly birds” first gives you its third letter.
CUE
Crossword Challenge Level 82 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 82 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 82 with us. Puzzle 83 is next, with 34 clues on a 8×10 board.