Crossword Challenge Puzzle 895 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 895? All 30 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
Short answers dominate here: 10 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 5 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks 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; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Microbial”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 895: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to the picture clue in the left column. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Microbial”. 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.
MICROBIAL
1Microbial
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: B _ _ T _ _ I _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “Amended”.
BACTERIAL
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 6 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. O _ _ N _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Tonight”.
ORANGE
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. W _ _. Check the third letter against “Storage furniture”.
WEB
PUT DOWN
4Put down
Top row 4/7 · 4 letters · down
L _ _ _. “Storage furniture” crosses it at the third square.
LAID
FIRST IN LINE
5First in line
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Think of one character, not a word, for “First in line”.
I
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: N _ _ D _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Day of delivery”.
NEEDLE
di-
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Picture word minus “di” gives the answer. First letter: G.
GIT
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to B _ _ L _ _ G. Its fifth letter is shared with “First in line”.
BOWLING
FIELD
9Field
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits A _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
AREA
STORAGE FURNITURE
10Storage furniture
Left column 3/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ I _ _ T. Its fifth letter is shared with “Unwanted sound”.
CABINET
TONIGHT
11Tonight
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
T _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its second letter.
TN
SELF-ESTEEM
12Self-esteem
Left column 5/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits E _ _. “Egg silhoue-tte” crosses it at the third square.
EGO
AMENDED
13Amended
Left column 6/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: R _ _ I _ _ D. “Unwanted sound” crosses it at the fifth square.
REVISED
ICON
14Icon
Left column 7/9 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Icon.
I
ADEPT
15Adept
Left column 8/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Egg silhoue-tte”.
ABLE
60 IN ROME
1660 in rome
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
L _. Its second letter is shared with “Bank x”.
LX
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ECON. IDEAS
17Econ. ideas
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Econ. ideas” to its initials.
EI
UNWANTED SOUND
18Unwanted sound
Row 3, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Begins with N. Its fourth letter is shared with “Amended”.
NOISE
DAY OF DELIVERY
19Day of delivery
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Abbreviate “Day of delivery” to its initials.
DOD
EGG SILHOUE-TTE
20Egg silhoue-tte
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Begins with O. The third square is also part of “UPGR___”.
OVAL
BORDERS
21Borders
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ E _. “Xenon symbol” crosses it at the fourth square.
EDGES
FRAG___
22FRAG___
Row 6, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fill the gap in “FRAG___”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with I.
ILE
NOTION
23Notion
Row 6, col 5 · 4 letters · down
I _ _ _. “Adept” crosses it at the third square.
IDEA
UPGR___
24UPGR___
Row 8, col 3 · 3 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “UPGR___” and enter only the missing part, starting with A.
ADE
BANK X
25Bank x
Row 8, col 3 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
BX
GIRL
26Girl
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Girl.
G
X-MODE
27X-mode
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “X-mode” to its initials.
XM
XENON SYMBOL
28Xenon symbol
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Begins with X. The second square is also part of “Borders”.
XE
RECORD
29Record
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Record.
R
WEAPONS
30Weapons
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “X-mode”.
ARMS
Crossword Challenge Level 895 Solved Grid
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