Crossword Challenge Puzzle 508 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 508 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
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; 4 want just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Perfume type”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to the picture clue in the top row, 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits C _ _ S _ _ U _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “MOTHER ___”.
CHESTNUTS
PROMISE
2Promise
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits O _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Extra time”.
OATH
SUFFIX FOR GLAD
3Suffix for glad
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
L _. “Cow chow” crosses it at the second square.
LY
OPTIMUM
4Optimum
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Optimum starts with the answer.
O
DOG'S WARNING
5Dog's warning
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with G. Solving “Zone” first gives you its third letter.
GRR
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with N. Check the fourth letter against “Dungeons dragons”.
NEEDLE
AVOID
7Avoid
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
E _ _ D _. “Dungeons dragons” crosses it at the fourth square.
EVADE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
PERFUME TYPE
8Perfume type
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with C. Check the fifth letter against “Dog's warning”.
COLOGNE
COW CHOW
9Cow chow
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with H; pattern H _ _. Check the third letter against “Suffix for glad”.
HAY
EXTRA TIME
10Extra time
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Extra time” to its initials.
ET
FAKE
11Fake
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Against, prefix”.
SHAM
TEAM
12Team
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Team.
T
MOTHER ___
13MOTHER ___
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Say “MOTHER ___” out loud and the blank fills itself: N _ _ U _ _.
NATURE
BODY WASTE
14Body waste
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with U; pattern U _ _ N _. “Total sum” crosses it at the fourth square.
URINE
TIME IN
15Time in
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Time in” to its initials.
TI
-urai
16UNCLE ___
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “-urai” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with S.
SAM
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
FIRE UP
17Fire up
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits R _ _. The third square is also part of “Avoid”.
REV
TOTAL SUM
18Total sum
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ U _ _. “MOTHER ___” crosses it at the fourth square.
AMOUNT
ZONE
19Zone
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
AREA
AGAINST, PREFIX
20Against, prefix
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Begins with A. Check the third letter against “MOTHER ___”.
ANTI
DUNGEONS DRAGONS
21Dungeons dragons
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
DD
PAUSE
22Pause
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Begins with B. The fourth square is also part of “Actress reid”.
BREAK
EXALTED
23Exalted
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: N _ _ L _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the top row.
NOBLE
OPERA MELODY
24Opera melody
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Fits A _ _ _. “Time in” crosses it at the third square.
ARIA
KINETIC AI
25Kinetic ai
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Shape: K _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the inside the grid.
KAI
KIND
26Kind
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Kind starts with the answer.
K
RUN ON
27Run on
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Run on” to its initials.
RO
ACTRESS REID
28Actress reid
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: T _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Run on”.
TARA
MIDTERM
29Midterm
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Midterm starts with the answer.
M
___ fish
30Picture clue
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“___ fish”). What is left starts with K.
KOI
Crossword Challenge Level 508 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 508 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 508 with us. Puzzle 509 is next, with 30 clues on a 8×10 board.