Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1662 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 28 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1662, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 8 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; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants 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 “Feeling-related”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Blame assigner”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Feeling-related”, 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.
FEELING-RELATED
1Feeling-related
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ E _ _ I _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
AFFECTIVE
ACTOR'S PROMPT
2Actor's prompt
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with C; pattern C _ _. Check the third letter against “Marsh”.
CUE
AFTER B
3After b
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to B; the answer is its next letter.
C
UTILITY OUTPUT
4Utility output
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
UO
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 8 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: S _ _ L _ _ O _. Its fifth letter is shared with “Craft with a paddle”.
SKELETON
BIT OF SHELTER
6Bit of shelter
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits E _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Adam's mate”.
EAVE
BAR SERVING
7Bar serving
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _. Solving “Adam's mate” first gives you its third letter.
RYE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
BLAME ASSIGNER
8Blame assigner
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with A. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fifth letter.
ACCUSER
-nnel
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-nnel”). What is left starts with F.
FU
MARSH
10Marsh
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with F; pattern F _ _. The third square is also part of “Zero”.
FEN
AFTER D
11After d
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to D; the answer is its next letter.
E
CRAFT WITH A PADDLE
12Craft with a paddle
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with C. “Trimmed beard” crosses it at the fourth square.
CANOE
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 7 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits T _ _ A _ _ R. The fifth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
THEATER
GIRLFR__ND
14GIRLFR__ND
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “GIRLFR__ND” go in the grid. First one: I.
IE
ELECTRON SHELL
15Electron shell
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits V _ _ E _ _ E. The fifth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
VALENCE
BORDER
16Border
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Life's good”.
EDGE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
"ALL RIGHT, I GET IT!"
17"all right, i get it!"
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with O. Solving “Bit of shelter” first gives you its third letter.
OKAY
ZERO
18Zero
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
N _ _ _. Solving “Craft with a paddle” first gives you its third letter.
NONE
ADAM'S MATE
19Adam's mate
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: E _ _. The third square is also part of “Bar serving”.
EVE
TRIMMED BEARD
20Trimmed beard
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Begins with G. The fourth square is also part of “Cousin of a frog”.
GOATEE
LEER AT
21Leer at
Row 5, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Begins with O. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
OGLE
ON TOP
22On top
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ A _. “Electron shell” crosses it at the fourth square.
AHEAD
COMMAND TO GIVE
23Command to give
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Begins with O. The fourth square is also part of “Electron shell”.
ORDER
OXYGEN
24Oxygen
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Oxygen.
O
EVERY
25Every
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ _. Solving “Electron shell” first gives you its third letter.
EACH
COUSIN OF A FROG
26Cousin of a frog
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits T _ _ _. Solving “Every” first gives you its third letter.
TOAD
LIFE'S GOOD
27Life's good
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
LG
HIGH RANK
28High rank
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “High rank”.
HR
Crossword Challenge Level 1662 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1662 solved
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