Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1900 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1900, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Short answers dominate here: 10 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 4 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; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 4 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Moves items”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to the picture clue in the left column, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Moves items”, 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.
MOVES ITEMS
1Moves items
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with T. Check the sixth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
TRANSFERS
AFTER G
2After g
Top row 2/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from G in the alphabet.
H
empr-
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Picture word minus “empr” gives the answer. First letter: E.
ESS
J__APENO
4J__APENO
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “J__APENO” and enter only the missing part, starting with A.
AL
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Green bit in fried rice”.
TAPE
SOCIAL GATHERING
6Social gathering
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
E _ _ N _. Its fourth letter is shared with “E-mail option”.
EVENT
WILLINGNESS
7Willingness
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with R. Check the sixth letter against “Norm”.
READINESS
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ A _ _ R. Check the fifth letter against the picture clue in the top row.
THEATER
AFTER Q
9 after q
Left column 2/9 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right after Q.
R
ATOMIC ENERGY SCALE
10Atomic energy scale
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Abbreviate “Atomic energy scale” to its initials.
AES
A__IOUS
11A__IOUS
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
“A__IOUS” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with N.
NX
SNEAKER, E.G.
12Sneaker, e.g.
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits S _ _ _. Solving “From the” first gives you its third letter.
SHOE
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits F _ _ T _. The fourth square is also part of “Groups of items”.
FIFTY
ENERGY BALANCE
14Energy balance
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Energy balance”.
EB
DISPOSE (OF)
15Dispose (of)
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: R _ _. “Doctor” crosses it at the third square.
RID
BASEBALL MISSES
16Baseball misses
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with S. “DUCHESS OF ___” crosses it at the fifth square.
STRIKES
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
UNFREE WORKER
17Unfree worker
Row 3, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits S _ _ V _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Social gathering”.
SLAVE
EVIDENCE IN COURT
18Evidence in court
Row 3, col 3 · 7 letters · down
Begins with E. Check the fifth letter against “Energy balance”.
EXHIBIT
GREEN BIT IN FRIED RICE
19Green bit in fried rice
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with P. Solving “Willingness” first gives you its third letter.
PEA
GROUPS OF ITEMS
20Groups of items
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Shape: S _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
SETS
E-MAIL OPTION
21E-mail option
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Social gathering”.
SEND
FROM THE
22From the
Row 5, col 4 · 2 letters · down
O _. The second square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
OF
DEN__ST
23DEN__ST
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“DEN__ST” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with T.
TI
DUCHESS OF ___
24DUCHESS OF ___
Row 6, col 6 · 4 letters · down
The missing word in “DUCHESS OF ___” starts with Y.
YORK
NORM
25Norm
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Norm, nothing more.
N
MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR
26Mean absolute error
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
MAE
NOT TOO MANY
27Not too many
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. “Mean absolute error” crosses it at the third square.
SOME
DOCTOR
28Doctor
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Shape: D _. Solving “Baseball misses” first gives you its second letter.
DR
RAPID ACTION SKILL
29Rapid action skill
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
RAS
IDIOM
30Idiom
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Idiom.
I
Crossword Challenge Level 1900 Solved Grid
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