Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1723 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 32 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1723, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
12 of the 32 answers are one or two letters long. 3 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 2 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in. 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 “Edge of a road”, 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
One word for the picture, starting with W. Check the sixth letter against “After d”.
WORKBENCH
ATTACH
2Attach
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with A. Its fourth letter is shared with “About 2.2 pounds, for short”.
AFFIX
YELLOW FEVER
3Yellow fever
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
YF
AFTER R
4 after r
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after R.
S
FROZEN
5Frozen
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with I; pattern I _ _. Check the third letter against “Misprint”.
ICY
TWO-FAMILY HOME
6Two-family home
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ L _ _. Solving “60 in rome” first gives you its fourth letter.
DUPLEX
ADHESIVE RESIN
7Adhesive resin
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ X _. The fourth square is also part of “60 in rome”.
EPOXY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
EDGE OF A ROAD
8Edge of a road
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: W _ _ S _ _ E. “Frozen” crosses it at the fifth square.
WAYSIDE
NOT ON
9Not on
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: O _ _. The third square is also part of “Yellow fever”.
OFF
sca-
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “sca-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with R.
RF
ABOUT 2.2 POUNDS, FOR SHORT
11About 2.2 pounds, for short
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: K _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Leave”.
KILO
BANK X
12Bank x
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
BX
AFTER D
13After d
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to D; the answer is its next letter.
E
HIGH-BORN
14High-born
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
N _ _ L _. The fourth square is also part of “Knock over”.
NOBLE
pi--ic
15Canadian national
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“pi--ic”). What is left starts with C.
CN
SKIRT EDGING
16Skirt edging
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: H _ _. The third square is also part of “Men”.
HEM
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
DRINKING VESSEL
17Drinking vessel
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
C _ _. The third square is also part of “Adhesive resin”.
CUP
KNOCK OVER
18Knock over
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Begins with T. Check the fourth letter against “Highest point”.
TOPPLE
MISPRINT
19Misprint
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with T. The third square is also part of “Two-family home”.
TYPO
LEAVE
20Leave
Row 4, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Leave.
L
60 IN ROME
2160 in rome
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _. Its second letter is shared with “Adhesive resin”.
LX
THIN, AS A VOICE
22Thin, as a voice
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ D _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Fringe”.
REEDY
MICE, TO OWLS
23Mice, to owls
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
P _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Two-family home”.
PREY
BLOOD TYPE
24Blood type
Row 6, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Shape: A _. Check the second letter against “High-born”.
AB
HIGHEST POINT
25Highest point
Row 7, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ _. Solving “Thin, as a voice” first gives you its third letter.
APEX
9 – 8 = ?
269 – 8 = ?
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Starts with O; pattern O _ _. Check the third letter against “Skirt edging”.
ONE
BEAR'S ABODE
27Bear's abode
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
D _ _. Solving “HITHER AND ___” first gives you its third letter.
DEN
DESKTOP
28Desktop
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Desktop, nothing more.
D
LEAVE NOW
29Leave now
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Shape: G _. Its second letter is shared with “HITHER AND ___”.
GO
FRINGE
30Fringe
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
E _ _ _. Solving “Leave now” first gives you its third letter.
EDGE
MEN
31Men
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Men.
M
HITHER AND ___
32HITHER AND ___
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Complete the phrase “HITHER AND ___”. Shape: Y _ _.
YON
Crossword Challenge Level 1723 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1723 solved
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