Crossword Challenge Puzzle 650 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 650? All 29 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 10 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; 4 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.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 650: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Move like a worm”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to the picture clue in the top row. 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: W _ _ E _ _ O _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Sound of drop”.
WATERPOLO
READY-TO-EAT
2Ready-to-eat
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
RTE
IDIOM
3Idiom
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Idiom starts with the answer.
I
-lf cart
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
The image carries “-lf cart”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with G.
GO
CORN OR OAT
5Corn or oat
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with G. Check the fourth letter against “Not telling truth”.
GRAIN
GRASS AREA
6Grass area
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
L _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Amaze”.
LAWN
WITH GRACE
7With grace
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ G _ _ T _ _. Solving “Account number” first gives you its sixth letter.
ELEGANTLY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
MOVE LIKE A WORM
8Move like a worm
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
W _ _ G _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “Corn or oat”.
WRIGGLE
womb-
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“womb-”). What is left starts with A.
AT
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits T _ _. The third square is also part of “Likewise”.
TEA
EFFORT
11Effort
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Effort, nothing more.
E
PINE SAP
12Pine sap
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ I _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Cheerful yell”.
RESIN
SOUND OF DROP
13Sound of drop
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with P. Its third letter is shared with “Likewise”.
PLOP
FROM THE
14From the
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Shape: O _. “Fairy-like” crosses it at the second square.
OF
LEFT-LEANING IDEOLOGY
15Left-leaning ideology
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits L _ _ E _ _ L. Solving “Exit route” first gives you its fifth letter.
LIBERAL
ONE TIME
16One time
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits O _ _ _. Solving “British columbia” first gives you its third letter.
ONCE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
DENTIST'S EXAM
17Dentist's exam
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with O. Check the third letter against “Grass area”.
ORAL
LIKEWISE
18Likewise
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Pine sap”.
ALSO
AMAZE
19Amaze
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _. The third square is also part of “With grace”.
AWE
CHEERFUL YELL
20Cheerful yell
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Y _ _ P _ _. “Brisk and lively” crosses it at the fourth square.
YIPPEE
NOT TELLING TRUTH
21Not telling truth
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits L _ _ N _. “Grass area” crosses it at the fourth square.
LYING
FAIRY-LIKE
22Fairy-like
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “Left-leaning ideology”.
ELFIN
ADVENTURE
23Adventure
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Adventure, nothing more.
A
SAUDI CITIZEN
24Saudi citizen
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ _. “Left-leaning ideology” crosses it at the third square.
ARAB
ACCOUNT NUMBER
25Account number
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
AN
EXIT ROUTE
26Exit route
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Exit route” to its initials.
ER
BRISK AND LIVELY
27Brisk and lively
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ _. Solving “Saudi citizen” first gives you its third letter.
PERT
BRITISH COLUMBIA
28British columbia
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “British columbia”.
BC
rug-
29Next to
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
The image carries “rug-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with B.
BY
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Puzzle 650 solved
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