Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1579 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1579 is an 8×10 board with 32 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 14 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 6 clues are fill-ins, and 5 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Dispute”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Find guilty”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Dispute”. 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.
DISPUTE
1Dispute
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits C _ _ L _ _ N _ _. Check the sixth letter against “After d”.
CHALLENGE
NOT YOURS ALONE
2Not yours alone
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with O. Check the third letter against “Action required”.
OUR
NETHER-LANDS
3Nether-lands
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Nether-lands”.
NL
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 8 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. V _ _ A _ _ O _. Check the fifth letter against “Popular soup legume”.
VACATION
INGOT
5Ingot
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Ingot, nothing more.
I
QUACK DOCTOR
6Quack doctor
Top row 6/7 · 9 letters · down
C _ _ R _ _ T _ _. “Currency of serbia” crosses it at the sixth square.
CHARLATAN
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to T _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Autocrat”.
TART
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
FIND GUILTY
8Find guilty
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
C _ _ V _ _ T. Its fifth letter is shared with “Ingot”.
CONVICT
HAWAIIAN DANCE
9Hawaiian dance
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: H _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Nether-lands”.
HULA
ACTION REQUIRED
10Action required
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
AR
AFTER K
11After k
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right after K.
L
POPULAR SOUP LEGUME
12Popular soup legume
Left column 5/9 · 6 letters · across
L _ _ T _ _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the top row.
LENTIL
AFTER D
13After d
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right after D.
E
DOUBLE N
14Double n
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Fits N _. Its second letter is shared with “___THEAST”.
NN
DRESS FOR A BALL
15Dress for a ball
Left column 8/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits G _ _ _. The third square is also part of “AWK__RD”.
GOWN
EAT, REST, AVOID
16Eat, rest, avoid
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Eat, rest, avoid”.
ERA
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
__NDSOME
17__NDSOME
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “__NDSOME” go in the grid. First one: H.
HA
ZERO
18Zero
Row 3, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Zero.
Z
AUTOCRAT
19Autocrat
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with C. Solving “Quack doctor” first gives you its third letter.
CZAR
&
20&
Row 4, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Shape: A _ _. Solving “Currency of serbia” first gives you its third letter.
AND
DOUBLE A BATTERY
21Double a battery
Row 5, col 3 · 2 letters · across
Shape: A _. Its second letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
AA
CAS_
22CAS_
Row 5, col 3 · 1 letter · down
Fill the gap in “CAS_”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with E.
E
RETWEET
23Retweet
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Begins with R. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its second letter.
RT
___OCENT
24___OCENT
Row 5, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “___OCENT” and enter only the missing part, starting with I.
INN
25Picture clue
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with R. Solving “Anti-oxidant” first gives you its third letter.
ROOT
CURRENCY OF SERBIA
26Currency of serbia
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ A _. “Quack doctor” crosses it at the fourth square.
DINAR
___THEAST
27___THEAST
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
“___THEAST” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with N.
NOR
"I'M ___ YOUR TRICKS!"
28"I'M ___ YOUR TRICKS!"
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Complete the phrase “I'M ___ YOUR TRICKS!”. Shape: O _ _ _.
ONTO
AWK__RD
29AWK__RD
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
“AWK__RD” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with W.
WA
ANTI-OXIDANT
30Anti-oxidant
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
AO
ARTICLE
31Article
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Article.
A
32Picture clue
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. A _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the inside the grid.
ANT
Crossword Challenge Level 1579 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1579 solved
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