Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1768 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1768 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
9 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 4 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Study of universe”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Betrayed”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Study of universe”, 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.
STUDY OF UNIVERSE
1Study of universe
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits C _ _ M _ _ O _ _. Check the sixth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
COSMOLOGY
"___ 911!" (COMEDY SERIES)
2"___ 911!" (COMEDY SERIES)
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Say “___ 911!" (COMEDY SERIES)” out loud and the blank fills itself: R _ _ _.
RENO
mo--e
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “mo--e” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with O.
OS
AFTER R
4 after r
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from R in the alphabet.
S
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 8 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. S _ _ D _ _ R _. The fifth square is also part of “Styled hair”.
SOLDIERS
DIG IN AT DINNER
6Dig in at dinner
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _. “Choir voice” crosses it at the third square.
EAT
LET FALL
7Let fall
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ _. “Choir voice” crosses it at the third square.
DROP
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
BETRAYED
8Betrayed
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ S _ _ D. Check the fifth letter against the picture clue in the top row.
CROSSED
OPT EYE SEE
9Opt eye see
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Abbreviate “Opt eye see” to its initials.
OES
SPEED NORMAL
10Speed normal
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Speed normal”.
SN
SMALL HILL
11Small hill
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits M _ _ N _. The fourth square is also part of “Battery part”.
MOUND
AFTER N
12After n
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right after N.
O
f--orine
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“f--orine”). What is left starts with L.
LU
ARRANGED
14Arranged
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ E _ _ D. Check the fifth letter against the picture clue in the top row.
ORDERED
GO ENJOY EVERYTHING
15Go enjoy everything
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
GEE
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
16Connecticut college
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: Y _ _ _. Solving “___IVER” first gives you its third letter.
YALE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ROWING TOOL
17Rowing tool
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
O _ _. The third square is also part of “Let fall”.
OAR
BATTERY PART
18Battery part
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Begins with A. Solving “Sandwich shop” first gives you its fourth letter.
ANODE
CHOIR VOICE
19Choir voice
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with A. Check the third letter against “Dig in at dinner”.
ALTO
UPPER-CASE
20Upper-case
Row 4, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Upper-case” to its initials.
UC
PARKING SYMBOL
21Parking symbol
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
One letter only. It is the standard short form for “Parking symbol”.
P
NAVY UNIT
22Navy unit
Row 5, col 7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with F. The fourth square is also part of “U___ESS”.
FLEET
STYLED HAIR
23Styled hair
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Begins with C. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
COIF
PROTEIN WASTE
24Protein waste
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Begins with U. Check the third letter against “Go enjoy everything”.
UREA
DOING NOTHING
25Doing nothing
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ _. The third square is also part of “U___ESS”.
IDLE
SANDWICH SHOP
26Sandwich shop
Row 7, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: D _ _ _. Solving “Navy unit” first gives you its third letter.
DELI
___IVER
27___IVER
Row 7, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Fill the gap in “___IVER”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with D.
DEL
U___ESS
28U___ESS
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “U___ESS” go in the grid. First one: S.
SEL
BAS_
29BAS_
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Only the hidden letters of “BAS_” go in the grid. First one: E.
E
minu-
30Picture clue
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
The image carries “minu-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with T.
TE
Crossword Challenge Level 1768 Solved Grid
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