Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2000 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2000 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 10 of them only one or two letters. 3 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; 1 wants just the first letter of a single word; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Student of plato”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Very difficult”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Student of plato”. 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.
STUDENT OF PLATO
1Student of plato
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with A. Check the sixth letter against “Be in charge of”.
ARISTOTLE
ANGRY OUTBURST
2Angry outburst
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits R _ _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
RANT
-osaur
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-osaur”). What is left starts with D.
DIN
UNIT DISTANCE
4Unit distance
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
UD
AFTER N
5After n
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to N; the answer is its next letter.
O
APP RELEASE
6App release
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Begins with U. The fourth square is also part of “College group”.
UPDATE
GIVE A "WHAP!"
7Give a "whap!"
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
S _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Public display affection”.
SWAT
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
VERY DIFFICULT
8Very difficult
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ U _ _ S. Check the fifth letter against “After n”.
ARDUOUS
BUST
9Bust
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with R. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
RAID
-ocent
10___OCENT
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “-ocent” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with I.
INN
DI__ANT
11DI__ANT
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
“DI__ANT” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with S.
ST
TABLOID
12Tabloid
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Tabloid.
T
BE IN CHARGE OF
13Be in charge of
Left column 6/9 · 7 letters · across
O _ _ R _ _ E. Its fifth letter is shared with “Car radio feature”.
OVERSEE
SLIGHT COLOR
14Slight color
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ G _. “Fail to remember” crosses it at the fourth square.
TINGE
ce--ius
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “ceius” gives the answer. First letter: L.
LS
90°, ON A COMPASS
1690°, on a compass
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
E _ _ _. Check the third letter against “After r”.
EAST
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
PUBLIC WORKS
17Public works
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
PW
CAR RADIO FEATURE
18Car radio feature
Row 3, col 6 · 6 letters · down
Begins with P. Its fourth letter is shared with “Be in charge of”.
PRESET
PUBLIC DISPLAY AFFECTION
19Public display affection
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
PDA
FAIL TO REMEMBER
20Fail to remember
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Shape: F _ _ G _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Slight color”.
FORGET
COLLEGE GROUP
21College group
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with F. The third square is also part of “App release”.
FRAT
WRITING TOOL
22Writing tool
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Shape: P _ _. Check the third letter against “Slight color”.
PEN
SONNET WRITER
23Sonnet writer
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Car radio feature”.
POET
ENTRY PERMIT
24Entry permit
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
V _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
VISA
RESOUND
25Resound
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
E _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Engrave”.
ECHO
_OLON
26_OLON
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Fill the gap in “_OLON”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with C.
C
CONTROL VALVE
27Control valve
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Control valve” to its initials.
CV
ENGRAVE
28Engrave
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ _. Solving “Control valve” first gives you its third letter.
ETCH
AFTER R
29After r
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to R; the answer is its next letter.
S
DI__RCE
30DI__RCE
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “DI__RCE”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with V.
VO
Crossword Challenge Level 2000 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2000 solved
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