Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1344 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1344, 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. 6 clues are pictures; 5 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in, and 1 of it needs only the missing letters. 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 the picture clue in the left column, 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
Describe the picture in one word that fits C _ _ N _ _ E _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Time off”.
CORNBREAD
CHICK'S MOTHER
2Chick's mother
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with H; pattern H _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Gene material”.
HEN
IDLE
3Idle
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Idle starts with the answer.
I
MULTI-FUNCTION
4Multi-function
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Multi-function” to its initials.
MF
WITHOUT CLOTHES
5Without clothes
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
N _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Sly look”.
NAKED
ARAB RULER
6Arab ruler
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Blood relative”.
EMIR
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to Y _ _. The third square is also part of “Blood relative”.
YEN
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: C _ _ M _ _ Y. The fifth square is also part of “Without clothes”.
CHIMNEY
OUTDOOR EDUCATION
9Outdoor education
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
OE
GENE MATERIAL
10Gene material
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits R _ _. “Sadly said” crosses it at the third square.
RNA
ACCE_T
11ACCE_T
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
“ACCE_T” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with N.
N
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with B. “This or that” crosses it at the fourth square.
BRAID
TIME OFF
13Time off
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: R _ _ _. “Sadly said” crosses it at the third square.
REST
EASTERN TIME
14Eastern time
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
ET
LONDON SOCCER TEAM
15London soccer team
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ E _ _ L. “Energy” crosses it at the fifth square.
ARSENAL
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to D _ _ _. The third square is also part of “In that case”.
DOOR
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
RENOWN
17Renown
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with F. “Arab ruler” crosses it at the third square.
FAME
SADLY SAID
18Sadly said
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Fits A _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
ALAS
BLOOD RELATIVE
19Blood relative
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with K. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
KIN
THIS OR THAT
20This or that
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ H _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Family inheritor”.
EITHER
SLY LOOK
21Sly look
Row 5, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Fits L _ _ _. Solving “Without clothes” first gives you its third letter.
LEER
VINTAGE LOOK
22Vintage look
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
R _ _ R _. The fourth square is also part of “London soccer team”.
RETRO
23Picture clue
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with G. “London soccer team” crosses it at the fourth square.
GIRLS
GRADE
24Grade
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Grade.
G
ITALIAN "BYE"
25Italian "bye"
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with C. Check the third letter against “London soccer team”.
CIAO
CULINARY INSTITUTE
26Culinary institute
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Culinary institute”.
CI
ENERGY
27Energy
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Shape: E _. Solving “London soccer team” first gives you its second letter.
EN
FAMILY INHERITOR
28Family inheritor
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: H _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Italian "bye”.
HEIR
IN THAT CASE
29In that case
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Shape: S _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the second square.
SO
OPERATING SYSTEM
30Operating system
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Operating system”.
OS
Crossword Challenge Level 1344 Solved Grid
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