Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1160 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1160 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 11 of them only one or two letters. 3 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 1 clue wants only the initials of the clue words; 5 want just the first letter of a single word; 4 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Covering news”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Goes back”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Covering news”, 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.
COVERING NEWS
1Covering news
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits R _ _ O _ _ I _ _. “Literary figure of speech” crosses it at the sixth square.
REPORTING
"KILLING ___" (SANDRA OH SERIES)
2"KILLING ___" (SANDRA OH SERIES)
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Complete the phrase “KILLING ___" (SANDRA OH SERIES)”. Shape: E _ _.
EVE
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits V _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Italian green sauce”.
VEST
TRICK INTO CAPTURE
4Trick into capture
Top row 4/7 · 6 letters · down
E _ _ R _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Cease-fire”.
ENTRAP
RIDE
5Ride
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Ride starts with the answer.
R
skele--n
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 2 letters · down
The image carries “skele--n”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with T.
TO
ELSEWHERE
7Elsewhere
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ E _ _ A _ _. Solving “Lake” first gives you its sixth letter.
SOMEPLACE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
GOES BACK
8Goes back
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ E _ _ S. Check the fifth letter against “Ride”.
REVERTS
NOT ODD
9Not odd
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with E. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
EVEN
ITALIAN GREEN SAUCE
10Italian green sauce
Left column 3/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with P. The fourth square is also part of “Trick into capture”.
PESTO
OPINION
11Opinion
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Opinion.
O
somb--ro
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
The image carries “somb--ro”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with R.
RE
LITERARY FIGURE OF SPEECH
13Literary figure of speech
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: T _ _ P _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Trick into capture”.
TROPE
ANNOY
14Annoy
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
I _ _. Solving “Green pod plant” first gives you its third letter.
IRK
USUAL FIGURE
15Usual figure
Left column 8/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: N _ _ _. “Green pod plant” crosses it at the third square.
NORM
STRUGGLE WITH
16Struggle with
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with G; pattern G _ _ P _ _ E. “Picture” crosses it at the fifth square.
GRAPPLE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
Z__
17Z__
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “Z__”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with O.
OO
NOT INNER
18Not inner
Row 3, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Literary figure of speech”.
OUTER
MENTION
19Mention
Row 4, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Mention.
M
S__RE
20S__RE
Row 4, col 7 · 2 letters · down
“S__RE” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with C.
CO
CEASE-FIRE
21Cease-fire
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ C _. Solving “S__RE” first gives you its fourth letter.
TRUCE
FAULTY RESULT
22Faulty result
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Begins with E. “Usual figure” crosses it at the fourth square.
ERROR
RIDING ON
23Riding on
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with A. The third square is also part of “S__RE”.
ATOP
GREEN POD PLANT
24Green pod plant
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Usual figure”.
OKRA
LAKE
25Lake
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Lake, nothing more.
L
ZERO VALUE
26Zero value
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Fits N _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Struggle with”.
NIL
GENE MATERIAL
27Gene material
Row 8, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits R _ _. The third square is also part of “Elsewhere”.
RNA
MUSIC PRODUCER
28Music producer
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
MP
P__TURE
29P__TURE
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “P__TURE” go in the grid. First one: I.
IC
PICTURE
30Picture
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Picture starts with the answer.
P
Crossword Challenge Level 1160 Solved Grid
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