Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1928 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1928 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
10 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 5 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; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in, and 1 of it needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Computer's brain”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Protections for inventors”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Computer's brain”, 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.
COMPUTER'S BRAIN
1Computer's brain
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits P _ _ C _ _ S _ _. “Quicker than later” crosses it at the sixth square.
PROCESSOR
curt-
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
The image carries “curt-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with A.
AIN
BEFORE U
3Before u
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to U; the answer is its previous letter.
T
ENERGY WATCH
4Energy watch
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Energy watch”.
EW
EARTH'S BEAUTY
5Earth's beauty
Top row 5/7 · 6 letters · down
Shape: N _ _ U _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Ruthless”.
NATURE
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Total result accuracy”.
TIRE
7Foot-drag
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Picture plus words: “FOOT-DRAG”. The answer opens with S.
STALL
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
PROTECTIONS FOR INVENTORS
8Protections for inventors
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with P. Solving “Earth's beauty” first gives you its fifth letter.
PATENTS
HYB__D
9HYB__D
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “HYB__D” and enter only the missing part, starting with R.
RI
mo---tone
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“mo---tone”). What is left starts with O.
ONS
ROMAN NUMERAL 100
11Roman numeral 100
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
One letter only. It is the standard short form for “Roman numeral 100”.
C
COLORLESS GAS
12Colorless gas
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits E _ _ E _. Solving “Property lease” first gives you its fourth letter.
ETHER
QUICKER THAN LATER
13Quicker than later
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Shape: S _ _ N _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Property lease”.
SOONER
MARK
14Mark
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: S _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Group of fish”.
SPOT
ZERO IN MATH
15Zero in math
Left column 8/9 · 1 letter · across
One letter only. It is the standard short form for “Zero in math”.
O
ba--ey
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “ba--ey” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with R.
RL
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
HOLD ON
17Hold on
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits W _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
WAIT
GROUP OF FISH
18Group of fish
Row 3, col 4 · 6 letters · down
Fits S _ _ O _ _. Solving “Quicker than later” first gives you its fourth letter.
SCHOOL
TOTAL RESULT ACCURACY
19Total result accuracy
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
TRA
PROPERTY LEASE
20Property lease
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Fits R _ _ T _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Mark”.
RENTAL
RUTHLESS
21Ruthless
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: C _ _ E _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the fourth square.
CRUEL
APEX
22Apex
Row 5, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Shape: T _ _. The third square is also part of “Mark”.
TOP
LEGACY
23Legacy
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Legacy.
L
MARSH PLANT
24Marsh plant
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
R _ _ _. Solving “File folder stick-on” first gives you its third letter.
REED
LAYER OF WOOD
25Layer of wood
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
P _ _. The third square is also part of “Lord's partner”.
PLY
EVENT PASS
26Event pass
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
EP
BRITISH AIRWAYS
27British airways
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “British airways” to its initials.
BA
FILE FOLDER STICK-ON
28File folder stick-on
Row 9, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with L. Check the fourth letter against “Marsh plant”.
LABEL
LAWYER
29Lawyer
Row 9, col 3 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Lawyer.
L
LORD'S PARTNER
30Lord's partner
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ _. Solving “Marsh plant” first gives you its third letter.
LADY
Crossword Challenge Level 1928 Solved Grid
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