Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1787 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1787 is an 8×10 board with 31 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; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Oral health field”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Regional speech”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Oral health field”. 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.
ORAL HEALTH FIELD
1Oral health field
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ T _ _ T _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Latin dance”.
DENTISTRY
"BEARDED" BLOOM
2"bearded" bloom
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits I _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Pen point”.
IRIS
ABBOT
3Abbot
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Abbot starts with the answer.
A
LOAD TIME
4Load time
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
LT
CHAPTER OF HISTORY
5Chapter of history
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
E _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Alphabet start”.
ERA
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with C. Solving “HEDG__OG” first gives you its fourth letter.
CUBES
PC SUPPORT PERSON
7Pc support person
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: T _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Alphabet start”.
TECH
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
REGIONAL SPEECH
8Regional speech
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
D _ _ L _ _ T. The fifth square is also part of “Chapter of history”.
DIALECT
bank-
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “bank-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with E.
ER
PEN POINT
10Pen point
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with N. “Cry a river” crosses it at the third square.
NIB
RUSSIAN RULER
11Russian ruler
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Cry a river”.
TSAR
AFTER H
12After h
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to H; the answer is its next letter.
I
LATIN DANCE
13Latin dance
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: S _ _ S _. The fourth square is also part of “Hurry”.
SALSA
TUBER-CULOSIS
14Tuber-culosis
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
T _. “Help” crosses it at the second square.
TB
___ SLEEP
15___ SLEEP
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Say “___ SLEEP” out loud and the blank fills itself: R _ _.
REM
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to Y _ _ R _ _ M. Solving “___ ARABIA” first gives you its fifth letter.
YTTRIUM
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ACCURATE
17Accurate
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: T _ _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
TRUE
CRY A RIVER
18Cry a river
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Shape: B _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Coward, slangily”.
BAWL
ALPHABET START
19Alphabet start
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. The third square is also part of “Pc support person”.
ABC
HURRY
20Hurry
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
R _ _ _. Solving “Latin dance” first gives you its third letter.
RUSH
HEDG__OG
21HEDG__OG
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“HEDG__OG” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with E.
EH
___ ARABIA
22___ ARABIA
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
The missing word in “___ ARABIA” starts with S.
SAUDI
COWARD, SLANGILY
23Coward, slangily
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Begins with W. Solving “___ ARABIA” first gives you its third letter.
WUSS
HELP
24Help
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “___ SLEEP”.
ABET
STITCH LINE
25Stitch line
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
S _ _ _. “Code of life” crosses it at the third square.
SEAM
SOUTH
26South
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
South starts with the answer.
S
OXLIKE BEAST
27Oxlike beast
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with G; pattern G _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
GNU
BIGGER THAN BIG
28Bigger than big
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with H; pattern H _ _ _. Solving “Oxlike beast” first gives you its third letter.
HUGE
METRIC TON
29Metric ton
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
MT
CODE OF LIFE
30Code of life
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
D _ _. “Stitch line” crosses it at the third square.
DNA
RADIUS
31Radius
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Radius.
R
Crossword Challenge Level 1787 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1787 solved
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