Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2077 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2077 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
9 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 5 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks 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; 1 clue is a fill-in. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “State of thinking”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to the picture clue in the top row. 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with M. Check the sixth letter against “Local oscillator”.
MARMALADE
"WHAT'S THE BIG ___?"
2"WHAT'S THE BIG ___?"
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Say “WHAT'S THE BIG ___?” out loud and the blank fills itself: I _ _ _.
IDEA
NEGATIVE REPLY
3Negative reply
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Shape: N _. Its second letter is shared with “Big whoop”.
NO
AFTER C
4After c
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after C.
D
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 8 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: S _ _ M _ _ N _. The fifth square is also part of “Back of a horse”.
SWIMMING
ALMOST FOREVER
6Almost forever
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _. Solving “Tiny model” first gives you its third letter.
EON
HARD LABOR
7Hard labor
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: T _ _ _. Solving “Tiny model” first gives you its third letter.
TOIL
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
STATE OF THINKING
8State of thinking
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits M _ _ D _ _ T. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fifth letter.
MINDSET
BIG WHOOP
9Big whoop
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: A _ _. Solving “Negative reply” first gives you its third letter.
ADO
macke--l
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “macke--l” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with R.
RE
LADY
11Lady
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
M _ _ A _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Lilac color”.
MADAM
ACTIVATION
12Activation
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Activation starts with the answer.
A
LOCAL OSCILLATOR
13Local oscillator
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Local oscillator”.
LO
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. A _ _ E _ _ A. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the fifth square.
ANTENNA
EASTER EGG COLORER
15Easter egg colorer
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with D; pattern D _ _. The third square is also part of “Fore" site”.
DYE
BOARD MEMBER
16Board member
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: E _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Fore" site”.
EXEC
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
WINE AND DINE
17Wine and dine
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: W _ _. “Hard labor” crosses it at the third square.
WOO
LILAC COLOR
18Lilac color
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
M _ _ V _. The fourth square is also part of “Scenic outlook”.
MAUVE
TINY MODEL
19Tiny model
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: M _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Almost forever”.
MINI
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
20Dominican republic
Row 4, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Dominican republic”.
DR
LARGE SIZE
21Large size
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
One letter only. It is the standard short form for “Large size”.
L
KIND OF COLONY
22Kind of colony
Row 5, col 7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: P _ _ A _. The fourth square is also part of “Heating fuel”.
PENAL
BACK OF A HORSE
23Back of a horse
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Begins with R. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
RUMP
BLACK GEMSTONE
24Black gemstone
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
O _ _ _. “Easter egg colorer” crosses it at the third square.
ONYX
25Launder
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Both the picture and the text “LAUNDER” point to the same word. It begins with W.
WASH
SCENIC OUTLOOK
26Scenic outlook
Row 7, col 4 · 4 letters · across
V _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Kind of colony”.
VIEW
"FORE" SITE
27"fore" site
Row 7, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Fits T _ _. Solving “Board member” first gives you its third letter.
TEE
HEATING FUEL
28Heating fuel
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: G _ _. “Launder” crosses it at the third square.
GAS
COW
29Cow
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Cow.
C
LEFT HAND
30Left hand
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
LH
Crossword Challenge Level 2077 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2077 solved
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