Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1692 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1692 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; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 6 clues are fill-ins, and 4 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Jarring noise”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1692: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to the picture clue in the left column. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Jarring noise”. 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.
JARRING NOISE
1Jarring noise
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with C. The sixth square is also part of “Forest stalker”.
CACOPHONY
AVAILABLE
2Available
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ _. The third square is also part of “ORDINAN__”.
OPEN
MATCH END
3Match end
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
ME
AFTER O
4After o
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after O.
P
___ ANNIE OF "OKLAHOMA!"
5___ ANNIE OF "OKLAHOMA!"
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Which word finishes “___ ANNIE OF "OKLAHOMA!”? It fits A _ _.
ADO
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with S. Solving “Volume level” first gives you its fourth letter.
SILVER
FUSE ORE
7Fuse ore
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: S _ _ L _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Volume level”.
SMELT
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to C _ _ P _ _ S. Its fifth letter is shared with “___ ANNIE OF "OKLAHOMA!”.
COMPASS
CHIMP'S COUSIN
9Chimp's cousin
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits A _ _. Check the third letter against “Match end”.
APE
ORDINAN__
10ORDINAN__
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
“ORDINAN__” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with C.
CE
JUST
11Just
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: O _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Ground”.
ONLY
AFTER O
12After o
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right after O.
P
FOREST STALKER
13Forest stalker
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
H _ _ T _ _. Solving “Method” first gives you its fourth letter.
HUNTER
REQUEST
14Request
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with O. Solving “Method” first gives you its fourth letter.
ORDER
-cklace
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-cklace”). What is left starts with N.
NE
YOUR ABILITY KIT
16Your ability kit
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
YAK
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
___PLE
17___PLE
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “___PLE” and enter only the missing part, starting with D.
DIM
METHOD
18Method
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ T _ _. “Forest stalker” crosses it at the fourth square.
SYSTEM
BOOT BOTTOM
19Boot bottom
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with S. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
SOLE
GROUND
20Ground
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
L _ _ _. Solving “Forest stalker” first gives you its third letter.
LAND
VOLUME LEVEL
21Volume level
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Volume level”.
VL
HOSPITAL FLUID
22Hospital fluid
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Fits S _ _ U _. The fourth square is also part of “ELON ____ TESLA C.E.O.”.
SERUM
FINANCIAL PLUS
23Financial plus
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits A _ _ E _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fourth letter.
ASSET
B____UCRAT
24B____UCRAT
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
“B____UCRAT” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with U.
UREA
BLUE HUE
25Blue hue
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Shape: S _ _. The third square is also part of “Month of flowers”.
SKY
AFTER R
26 after r
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from R in the alphabet.
S
SOUTH AMERICA
27South america
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “South america”.
SA
ELON ____ TESLA C.E.O.
28ELON ____ TESLA C.E.O.
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
The missing word in “ELON ____ TESLA C.E.O.” starts with M.
MUSK
SIXPAC_
29SIXPAC_
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only the hidden letters of “SIXPAC_” go in the grid. First one: K.
K
MONTH OF FLOWERS
30Month of flowers
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with M. Check the third letter against “Blue hue”.
MAY
Crossword Challenge Level 1692 Solved Grid
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