Crossword Challenge Puzzle 532 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 532 is an 8×10 board with 31 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
10 of the 31 answers are one or two letters long. 5 clues are pictures, and 2 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. 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 “Ginorm-ous number”, 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.
+s
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
The image carries “+s”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with Z.
ZUCCHINIS
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: I _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Chlorine symbol”.
ISLE
bubb-
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“bubb-”). What is left starts with L.
LE
LEAGUE
4League
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of League, nothing more.
L
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 6 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with I. “Famous person” crosses it at the fourth square.
ICEBOX
NOT THEIR
6Not their
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with O; pattern O _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Only”.
OUR
MUST GET
7Must get
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
N _ _ _. Solving “Only” first gives you its third letter.
NEED
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
GINORM-OUS NUMBER
8Ginorm-ous number
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: Z _ _ L _ _ N. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fifth letter.
ZILLION
EMPLOY
9Employ
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with U; pattern U _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
USE
CHLORINE SYMBOL
10Chlorine symbol
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its second letter.
CL
FAMOUS PERSON
11Famous person
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: C _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Gold, silver, bronze”.
CELEB
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: H.
H
INTERNAL AUDIT
13Internal audit
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Internal audit”.
IA
EMPTY
14Empty
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits N _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Rent out”.
NULL
FURY
15Fury
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: I _ _. Check the third letter against “Rent out”.
IRE
BAG WITH A STRAP
16Bag with a strap
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ C _ _ L. “Core hammer” crosses it at the fifth square.
SATCHEL
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
HINT
17Hint
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits C _ _. The third square is also part of “Must get”.
CUE
GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE
18Gold, silver, bronze
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
M _ _ A _. Solving “Alliance” first gives you its fourth letter.
MEDAL
ONLY
19Only
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: M _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Not their”.
MERE
LONG ISLAND
20Long island
Row 4, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Long island”.
LI
DESTROY
21Destroy
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Destroy, nothing more.
D
FLEXIBLE
22Flexible
Row 5, col 7 · 5 letters · down
L _ _ H _. Its fourth letter is shared with “TAI ___”.
LITHE
HERO
23Hero
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
I _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
IDOL
SUBTLE GLOW
24Subtle glow
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Fury”.
AURA
LOAM
25Loam
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “TAI ___”.
SOIL
ALLIANCE
26Alliance
Row 7, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Flexible”.
AXIS
RENT OUT
27Rent out
Row 7, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Starts with L; pattern L _ _. The third square is also part of “Bag with a strap”.
LET
TOWARD A PLACE
28Toward a place
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
T _. “Loam” crosses it at the second square.
TO
CORE HAMMER
29Core hammer
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
CH
TAI ___
30TAI ___
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Which word finishes “TAI ___”? It fits C _ _.
CHI
CARBON
31Carbon
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Carbon.
C
Crossword Challenge Level 532 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 532 solved
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