Crossword Challenge Puzzle 375 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 375? All 31 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 11 of them only one or two letters. 6 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask 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 “Where books sell”.
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 “Where books sell”. 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.
WHERE BOOKS SELL
1Where books sell
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with B. Solving “School semester” first gives you its sixth letter.
BOOKSTORE
2Green citrus fruit
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Both the picture and the text “GREEN CITRUS FRUIT” point to the same word. It begins with L.
LIME
ELECTRIC LIGHT
3Electric light
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Electric light” to its initials.
EL
AFTER M
4After m
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from M in the alphabet.
N
SUSPECT
5Suspect
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with D. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
DOUBT
-or
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Picture word minus “or” gives the answer. First letter: E.
ERR
NEWS COVERAGE
7News coverage
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits R _ _ O _ _ A _ _. Check the sixth letter against “SQU__”.
REPORTAGE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: B _ _ N _ _ R. Solving “Suspect” first gives you its fifth letter.
BLENDER
ENERGY SOURCE
9Energy source
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits O _ _. Check the third letter against “Electric light”.
OIL
m-
10BOTT__
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“m-”). What is left starts with O.
OM
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to K _ _ A _. “Not too hot” crosses it at the fourth square.
KEBAB
SHIP
12Ship
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Ship.
S
SCHOOL SEMESTER
13School semester
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: T _ _ _. Solving “Pub or tavern” first gives you its third letter.
TERM
b-
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “b-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with O.
OX
TATTERED CLOTH
15Tattered cloth
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with R. “Glycemic index” crosses it at the third square.
RAG
MIDEAST RULER
16Mideast ruler
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with E. The third square is also part of “Glycemic index”.
EMIR
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
METALLIC ROCK
17Metallic rock
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
O _ _. Check the third letter against “News coverage”.
ORE
NOT TOO HOT
18Not too hot
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Starts with B; pattern B _ _ M _. Check the fourth letter against “School semester”.
BALMY
AIR FROM GUT
19Air from gut
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with B; pattern B _ _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
BURP
PUB OR TAVERN
20Pub or tavern
Row 4, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Starts with B; pattern B _ _. Solving “School semester” first gives you its third letter.
BAR
OVERACT
21Overact
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Overact, nothing more.
O
KEEN
22Keen
Row 5, col 7 · 5 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Plead for”.
EAGER
MODIFY
23Modify
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits A _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Keen”.
ALTER
QUIZ
24Quiz
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ _. Solving “Tattered cloth” first gives you its third letter.
EXAM
SQU__
25SQU__
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “SQU__” go in the grid. First one: A.
AT
OLYMPIC BEST
26Olympic best
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
OB
ASANA PRACTICE
27Asana practice
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: Y _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Keen”.
YOGA
GLYCEMIC INDEX
28Glycemic index
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
GI
PLEAD FOR
29Plead for
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with B. Its third letter is shared with “News coverage”.
BEG
ROAD
30Road
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Road.
R
PREFIX FOR PLACE
31Prefix for place
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
R _. Check the second letter against “News coverage”.
RE
Crossword Challenge Level 375 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 375 solved
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