Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1661 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1661 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 3 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 2 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 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 “Breathing muscle”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to the picture clue in the left column, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Breathing muscle”, 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.
BREATHING MUSCLE
1Breathing muscle
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with D. Its sixth letter is shared with “Revive meter”.
DIAPHRAGM
CASH IN, AS CHIPS
2Cash in, as chips
Top row 2/7 · 6 letters · down
Shape: R _ _ E _ _. Solving “Writing tool” first gives you its fourth letter.
REDEEM
AFTER D
3After d
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after D.
E
SUPER-MAN
4Super-man
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
SM
BOMBAY WEAR
5Bombay wear
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Solving “Bacardi product” first gives you its third letter.
SARI
COPY ADMIRINGLY
6Copy admiringly
Top row 6/7 · 7 letters · down
Fits E _ _ L _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “Antigen”.
EMULATE
7Animal symbol of aries
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Picture plus words: “ANIMAL SYMBOL OF ARIES”. The answer opens with R.
RAM
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits D _ _ S _ _ R. The fifth square is also part of “Bombay wear”.
DRESSER
RETR__VER
9RETR__VER
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
“RETR__VER” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with I.
IE
APPEND
10Append
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
A _ _. Check the third letter against “Bio subject”.
ADD
WRITING TOOL
11Writing tool
Left column 4/9 · 6 letters · across
Fits P _ _ C _ _. “Cowbell sound” crosses it at the fourth square.
PENCIL
GET WELL
12Get well
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with H. Solving “Bio subject” first gives you its third letter.
HEAL
REVIVE METER
13Revive meter
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
RM
ABOVE
14Above
Left column 7/9 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Above, nothing more.
A
ASSESS
15Assess
Left column 8/9 · 5 letters · across
G _ _ G _. The fourth square is also part of “Cowbell sound”.
GAUGE
maxi-
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“maxi-”). What is left starts with M.
MUM
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
MOTHER
17Mother
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: M _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Copy admiringly”.
MAMA
BIO SUBJECT
18Bio subject
Row 3, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Shape: D _ _. Check the third letter against “Get well”.
DNA
BACARDI PRODUCT
19Bacardi product
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
R _ _. Solving “Animal symbol of aries” first gives you its third letter.
RUM
COWBELL SOUND
20Cowbell sound
Row 4, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ N _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Lip curl”.
CLANG
DISTANCE AROUND
21Distance around
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
G _ _ T _. Check the fourth letter against “Theory”.
GIRTH
ANTIGEN
22Antigen
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _. The second square is also part of “Distance around”.
AG
URGENCY
23Urgency
Row 6, col 6 · 4 letters · down
N _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Assess”.
NEED
NAY VOTER
24Nay voter
Row 7, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits A _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Copy admiringly”.
ANTI
MATH OPERA-TION
25Math opera-tion
Row 7, col 4 · 3 letters · down
S _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
SUM
LIP CURL
26Lip curl
Row 8, col 3 · 5 letters · across
S _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Copy admiringly”.
SNEER
GOLD SYMBOL
27Gold symbol
Row 8, col 3 · 2 letters · down
A _. The second square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
AU
THEORY
28Theory
Row 9, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Theory, nothing more.
T
BR_SH
29BR_SH
Row 9, col 7 · 1 letter · down
“BR_SH” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with U.
U
OBVIOUS REACTION
30Obvious reaction
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits D _ _. Check the third letter against “Distance around”.
DUH
Crossword Challenge Level 1661 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1661 solved
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