Crossword Challenge Puzzle 461 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 461? All 30 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
9 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures; 1 clue wants only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Short stories”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Amazing”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Short stories”, read top to bottom.
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.
SHORT STORIES
1Short stories
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits A _ _ C _ _ T _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Command”.
ANECDOTES
BEE PRODUCT
2Bee product
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with W. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
WAX
HEROIC STORY
3Heroic story
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits E _ _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
EPIC
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
One word for the picture, starting with S.
S
DOUBLE O
5Double o
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
Starts with O; pattern O _. Check the second letter against “___ AND VINEGAR”.
OO
PARROT BEHAVIOR
6Parrot behavior
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Fits M _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “Humor magazine”.
MIMIC
VOTING PROCESS
7Voting process
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits E _ _ C _ _ R _ _. Solving “Overact” first gives you its sixth letter.
ELECTORAL
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
AMAZING
8Amazing
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with A. Check the fifth letter against “Double o”.
AWESOME
SHORT SLEEP
9Short sleep
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with N. The third square is also part of “Heroic story”.
NAP
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Heroic story”.
EXIT
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Look at the picture and fit it to C.
C
DIGITAL GRAPHICS
12Digital graphics
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
DG
COMMAND
13Command
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits O _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Shopping bag”.
ORDER
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with T. The third square is also part of “Regard as”.
TOE
NOT ODD
15Not odd
Left column 8/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ _. Solving “Regard as” first gives you its third letter.
EVEN
ORIGINAL
16Original
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: S _ _ I _ _ L. Solving “Nodule” first gives you its fifth letter.
SEMINAL
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
___ AND VINEGAR
17___ AND VINEGAR
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Which word finishes “___ AND VINEGAR”? It fits O _ _.
OIL
SHOPPING BAG
18Shopping bag
Row 3, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Begins with T. The third square is also part of “Sensitive approach”.
TOTE
NOT YOU
19Not you
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shape: M _. Check the second letter against “Voting process”.
ME
FEMALE HORSE
20Female horse
Row 4, col 6 · 4 letters · down
Starts with M; pattern M _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Command”.
MARE
HUMOR MAGAZINE
21Humor magazine
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: C _ _ I _. “Parrot behavior” crosses it at the fourth square.
COMIC
SMALL FOREST
22Small forest
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Shape: G _ _ V _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Not odd”.
GROVE
SENSITIVE APPROACH
23Sensitive approach
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: T _ _ _. Solving “Parrot behavior” first gives you its third letter.
TACT
REGARD AS
24Regard as
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Not odd”.
DEEM
OVERACT
25Overact
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Overact starts with the answer.
O
SUDDEN INSIGHT
26Sudden insight
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: A _ _. “Original” crosses it at the third square.
AHA
HEARING ORGAN
27Hearing organ
Row 8, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits E _ _. “Voting process” crosses it at the third square.
EAR
GEMI__
28GEMI__
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “GEMI__” and enter only the missing part, starting with N.
NI
"VERY FUNNY!"
29"very funny!"
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Starts with H; pattern H _. “Voting process” crosses it at the second square.
HA
NODULE
30Nodule
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Nodule, nothing more.
N
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