Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1865 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1865, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Short answers dominate here: 9 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 3 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 4 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Mannerly”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1865: 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 “Mannerly”. 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.
MANNERLY
1Mannerly
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: C _ _ R _ _ O _ _. “One who left a homeland” crosses it at the sixth square.
COURTEOUS
"BESIDES THAT …"
2"besides that …"
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. The third square is also part of “United states”.
ALSO
TOUCH DOWN
3Touch down
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
TD
BEFORE U
4Before u
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter back from U in the alphabet.
T
"___ WE FINISHED NOW?"
5"___ WE FINISHED NOW?"
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Say “___ WE FINISHED NOW?” out loud and the blank fills itself: A _ _.
ARE
PRESENT AT BIRTH
6Present at birth
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Shape: I _ _ A _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Pacino or gore”.
INNATE
SOUP KITCHEN SERVER
7Soup kitchen server
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with L. The fourth square is also part of “Pacino or gore”.
LADLE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. C _ _ T _ _ L. Solving “___ WE FINISHED NOW?” first gives you its fifth letter.
CATTAIL
___ SCHOOL
9___ SCHOOL
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Which word finishes “___ SCHOOL”? It fits O _ _.
OLD
UNITED STATES
10United states
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
US
HITCHED A LIFT
11Hitched a lift
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: R _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Speech site”.
RODE
TANGO
12Tango
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Tango.
T
ONE WHO LEFT A HOMELAND
13One who left a homeland
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ G _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Got a move on, with "it”.
EMIGRE
DESERT REFUGES (PLURAL)
14Desert refuges (plural)
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
O _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Got a move on, with "it”.
OASES
UNITED KINGDOM
15United kingdom
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
UK
-saw
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-saw”). What is left starts with S.
SEE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
CELL MATERIAL
17Cell material
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with R. Check the third letter against “Soup kitchen server”.
RNA
GOT A MOVE ON, WITH "IT"
18Got a move on, with "it"
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Fits L _ _ G _ _. Check the fourth letter against “One who left a homeland”.
LEGGED
LET BORROW
19Let borrow
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
L _ _ _. Solving “Present at birth” first gives you its third letter.
LEND
SPEECH SITE
20Speech site
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
D _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “One who left a homeland”.
DAIS
PACINO OR GORE
21Pacino or gore
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shape: A _. Solving “Soup kitchen server” first gives you its second letter.
AL
CRIMINAL FIRE-SETTING
22Criminal fire-setting
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ O _. Check the fourth letter against “Go-getter”.
ARSON
MARBLE
23Marble
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with A. The fourth square is also part of “Present at birth”.
AGATE
CREATE
24Create
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Shape: M _ _ _. “United kingdom” crosses it at the third square.
MAKE
deep ---er
25Cook, as onion rings
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Picture word minus “deep er” gives the answer. First letter: F.
FRY
_LEXIBLE
26_LEXIBLE
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Fill the gap in “_LEXIBLE”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with F.
F
ALR__DY
27ALR__DY
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
“ALR__DY” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with E.
EA
GO-GETTER
28Go-getter
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: D _ _ _. The third square is also part of “ALR__DY”.
DOER
ENERGY
29Energy
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Energy starts with the answer.
E
NO VOTE
30No vote
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits N _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the inside the grid.
NAY
Crossword Challenge Level 1865 Solved Grid
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