Crossword Challenge Puzzle 362 Clues and Answers
Puzzle 362 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.
9 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 6 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; 3 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 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 the picture clue in the left column, 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: W _ _ N _ _ D _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
WEDNESDAY
FAST RABBIT
2Fast rabbit
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits H _ _ _. Solving “Dominican republic” first gives you its third letter.
HARE
INFO TECH
3Info tech
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
IT
AFTER R
4After r
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from R in the alphabet.
S
SMALL SET
5Small set
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: K _ _. The third square is also part of “Don't leave”.
KIT
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: E _ _ S _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Sales order”.
ERASER
SILKY TEXTILE
7Silky textile
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ O _. Solving “Sales order” first gives you its fourth letter.
RAYON
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits W _ _ S _ _ R. “Small set” crosses it at the fifth square.
WHISKER
DINE ON
9Dine on
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: E _ _. “Info tech” crosses it at the third square.
EAT
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
10Dominican republic
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
DR
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: N _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Cut”.
NEST
EDGE
12Edge
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Edge.
E
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: S _ _ L _ _. “Circus props” crosses it at the fourth square.
SAILOR
REPEAT WORD
14Repeat word
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: D _ _ T _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Circus props”.
DITTO
bre-
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“bre-”). What is left starts with A.
AD
CURRENCY IN JAPAN
16Currency in japan
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Y _ _. Check the third letter against “Neural”.
YEN
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
___TELY
17___TELY
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “___TELY” go in the grid. First one: I.
IRA
CIRCUS PROPS
18Circus props
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
S _ _ L _ _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
STILTS
DON'T LEAVE
19Don't leave
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with S. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
STAY
CUT
20Cut
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Fits S _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
SLIT
SALES ORDER
21Sales order
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Sales order”.
SO
NOBODY
22Nobody
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Fits N _ _ N _. “Grumpy mood” crosses it at the fourth square.
NOONE
COOL FABRIC
23Cool fabric
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ E _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fourth letter.
LINEN
AS-SISTANT
24As-sistant
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
AIDE
ABBR. 'IT WOULD'
25Abbr. 'it would'
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Begins with I. The third square is also part of “Windup”.
ITD
ID
26Id
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Id.
I
INDIANA
27Indiana
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Shape: I _. “Windup” crosses it at the second square.
IN
GRUMPY MOOD
28Grumpy mood
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: S _ _ _. “Indiana” crosses it at the third square.
SNIT
NEURAL
29Neural
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Neural starts with the answer.
N
WINDUP
30Windup
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: E _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Abbr. 'it would'”.
END
Crossword Challenge Level 362 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 362 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 362 with us. Puzzle 363 is next, with 29 clues on a 8×10 board.