Crossword Challenge Puzzle 408 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 31 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 408, 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. 5 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 “Club members”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 408: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to the picture clue in the left column. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Club members”. One of those two words unlocks the first letter of 15 others.
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.
CLUB MEMBERS
1Club members
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits I _ _ T _ _ T _ _. “Boundary” crosses it at the sixth square.
INITIATES
BREAK
2Break
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: G _ _. “Apple music player” crosses it at the third square.
GAP
AT THE TIME OF
3At the time of
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits U _ _ _. Solving “Apple music player” first gives you its third letter.
UPON
FIRST LETTER
4First letter
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
A single letter or symbol answers “First letter”.
A
bana-
5Sodium
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “bana-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with N.
NA
PASSAGE
6Passage
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
A _ _ L _. “Freshly” crosses it at the fourth square.
AISLE
KILL
7Kill
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: S _ _ _. The third square is also part of “South america”.
SLAY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
+s
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Picture word minus “+s” gives the answer. First letter: I.
IGUANAS
SHORT SLEEP
9Short sleep
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits N _ _. Check the third letter against “At the time of”.
NAP
APPLE MUSIC PLAYER
10Apple music player
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with I. Check the third letter against “At the time of”.
IPOD
TOTAL
11Total
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Total.
T
on--n
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
The image carries “on--n”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with I.
IO
BOUNDARY
13Boundary
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “Lucifer”.
AMBIT
INFORM
14Inform
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
T _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Big storm”.
TELL
SELF-INFLATION
15Self-inflation
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
E _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Big storm”.
EGO
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits S _ _ D _ _ T. “European union” crosses it at the fifth square.
SAWDUST
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
BE ILL
17Be ill
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
A _ _. Solving “Kill” first gives you its third letter.
AIL
LUCIFER
18Lucifer
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Fits D _ _ I _. The fourth square is also part of “Boundary”.
DEVIL
SOUTH AMERICA
19South america
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “South america”.
SA
___CH
20___CH
Row 4, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “___CH” and enter only the missing part, starting with W.
WIT
FRESHLY
21Freshly
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: N _ _ L _. Solving “Passage” first gives you its fourth letter.
NEWLY
ALPHA'S OPPOSITE
22Alpha's opposite
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
O _ _ G _. “Self-inflation” crosses it at the fourth square.
OMEGA
STRIVE (FOR)
23Strive (for)
Row 6, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Shape: V _ _. Check the third letter against “Passage”.
VIE
BIG STORM
24Big storm
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Begins with B. Check the third letter against “Self-inflation”.
BLOW
25Picture clue
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits S _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Snakelike fish”.
SALT
SON
26Son
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Son, nothing more.
S
POSITIVE REPLY
27Positive reply
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: Y _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
YES
YOU ALL
28You all
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “You all” to its initials.
YA
EUROPEAN UNION
29European union
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “European union”.
EU
SNAKELIKE FISH
30Snakelike fish
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with E. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the inside the grid.
EEL
DRIVE
31Drive
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Drive.
D
Crossword Challenge Level 408 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 408 solved
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