Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1226 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1226, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 10 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 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; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1226: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Woven cloth”. 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: T _ _ N _ _ B _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Ado”.
TURNTABLE
FAULTY RESULT
2Faulty result
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ O _. The fourth square is also part of “Rule”.
ERROR
tu--do
3PI__L
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“tu--do”). What is left starts with X.
XE
AIRPORT AREA
4Airport area
Top row 4/7 · 6 letters · down
Fits T _ _ M _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Rule”.
TARMAC
IBEX
5Ibex
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Ibex.
I
LIKE A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER
6Like a four-leaf clover
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Fits L _ _ K _. “Kansas city” crosses it at the fourth square.
LUCKY
BIZ BIGWIG
7Biz bigwig
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ _. “Sushi staple” crosses it at the third square.
EXEC
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
WOVEN CLOTH
8Woven cloth
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits T _ _ T _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “Ibex”.
TEXTILE
KIDNEY EXCRETION
9Kidney excretion
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits U _ _ _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
UREA
RURAL ROUTE
10Rural route
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Rural route” to its initials.
RR
RULE
11Rule
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with N. The third square is also part of “Rule period”.
NORM
PEACE AGREEMENT
12Peace agreement
Left column 5/9 · 6 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ A _ _. Solving “Airport area” first gives you its fourth letter.
TREATY
ADO
13Ado
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Ado, nothing more.
A
WETLAND
14Wetland
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with B; pattern B _ _. Check the third letter against “Rule period”.
BOG
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to L _ _ T _ _ N. “Conical dwelling” crosses it at the fifth square.
LANTERN
ELASTIC KERNEL
16Elastic kernel
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
EK
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
L__URY
17L__URY
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“L__URY” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with U.
UX
ME, MYSELF, ___
18ME, MYSELF, ___
Row 3, col 6 · 1 letter · down
The missing word in “ME, MYSELF, ___” starts with I.
I
SUSHI STAPLE
19Sushi staple
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ _. Solving “Like a four-leaf clover” first gives you its third letter.
RICE
RULE PERIOD
20Rule period
Row 4, col 4 · 5 letters · down
R _ _ G _. Check the fourth letter against “Wetland”.
REIGN
KANSAS CITY
21Kansas city
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Kansas city” to its initials.
KC
CONICAL DWELLING
22Conical dwelling
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Fits T _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
TEPEE
"I ___ BLAME YOU"
23"I ___ BLAME YOU"
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Complete the phrase “I ___ BLAME YOU”. Shape: C _ _ _.
CANT
FREEZER CUBES
24Freezer cubes
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · across
Begins with I. “Conical dwelling” crosses it at the third square.
ICE
ACORN TREE
25Acorn tree
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Shape: O _ _. “Elastic kernel” crosses it at the third square.
OAK
CAB
26Cab
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Cab.
C
BLUNDER
27Blunder
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
E _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the inside the grid.
ERR
GREEN BIT IN FRIED RICE
28Green bit in fried rice
Row 8, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with P. Its third letter is shared with “I ___ BLAME YOU”.
PEA
TENNIS COURT
29Tennis court
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
TC
con-
30Certified abbr.
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “con-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with C.
CERT
Crossword Challenge Level 1226 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1226 solved
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