Crossword Challenge Puzzle 588 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 29 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 588, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 8 of them only one or two letters. 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. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Triumph”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to the picture clue in the top row. 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: S _ _ T _ _ A _ _. Solving “End” first gives you its sixth letter.
SOUTHEAST
EXTREME
2Extreme
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
U _ _ R _. Solving “Not false” first gives you its fourth letter.
ULTRA
COMPACT DISC
3Compact disc
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
CD
CREATOR
4Creator
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Creator, nothing more.
C
f-
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “f-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with E.
EAR
FROM SWITZER-LAND
6From switzer-land
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Fits S _ _ S _. Solving “Latin for 'yes'” first gives you its fourth letter.
SWISS
NOT FULLY SWEET
7Not fully sweet
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: S _ _ I _ _ E _ _. “Wire” crosses it at the sixth square.
SEMISWEET
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
TRIUMPH
8Triumph
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits S _ _ C _ _ S. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fifth letter.
SUCCESS
NOT NEW
9Not new
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits O _ _. The third square is also part of “Compact disc”.
OLD
waln-
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“waln-”). What is left starts with U.
UT
NOT FALSE
11Not false
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with T. Check the third letter against “Not rural”.
TRUE
HORSE GEAR
12Horse gear
Left column 5/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: H _ _ N _ _ S. Solving “Ghostly quality” first gives you its fifth letter.
HARNESS
END
13End
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of End.
E
"I FOUND IT!"
14"i found it!"
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. Its third letter is shared with “Not rural”.
AHA
15First light
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Both the picture and the text “FIRST LIGHT” point to the same word. It begins with S.
SUNRISE
THANK GOD
16Thank god
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
TG
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ASTON-ISHMENT
17Aston-ishment
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. Its third letter is shared with “Not fully sweet”.
AWE
DNA CARRIER
18Dna carrier
Row 3, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Fits G _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Horse gear”.
GENE
BLEAK
19Bleak
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
G _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “From switzer-land”.
GRIM
NOT RURAL
20Not rural
Row 4, col 4 · 5 letters · down
Begins with U. Check the fourth letter against “I found it!”.
URBAN
LATIN FOR 'YES'
21Latin for 'yes'
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Begins with S. The second square is also part of “Not fully sweet”.
SI
GHOSTLY QUALITY
22Ghostly quality
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Begins with E. Solving “First light” first gives you its fourth letter.
EERIE
HONEY MAKER
23Honey maker
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · across
Fits B _ _. Solving “Ghostly quality” first gives you its third letter.
BEE
EMBRACE
24Embrace
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Fits H _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Thank god”.
HUG
WIRE
25Wire
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Wire, nothing more.
W
APPLY
26Apply
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with U; pattern U _ _. The third square is also part of “Sugar source”.
USE
FEEL REGRET
27Feel regret
Row 8, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _. Check the third letter against “Not fully sweet”.
RUE
RUNNING BACK
28Running back
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
RB
29Sugar source
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Use the text “SUGAR SOURCE” if the picture is unclear. First letter B.
BEET
Crossword Challenge Level 588 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 588 solved
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