Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2119 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2119? All 30 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
11 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 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; 3 want 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 “Legal assistant”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Horse pen”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Legal assistant”. 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.
LEGAL ASSISTANT
1Legal assistant
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with P. Solving “After d” first gives you its sixth letter.
PARALEGAL
ADAPTIVE RESPONSE
2Adaptive response
Top row 2/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
AR
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 8 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: D _ _ C _ _ N _. Its fifth letter is shared with “Linear output operator”.
DISCOUNT
FACTS
4Facts
Top row 4/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Be frugal”.
DATA
OTTER
5Otter
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Otter.
O
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to C _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Be frugal”.
CANE
tool-
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Picture word minus “tool” gives the answer. First letter: K.
KIT
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
HORSE PEN
8Horse pen
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with P. Solving “Otter” first gives you its fifth letter.
PADDOCK
MELODY
9Melody
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits A _ _ _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
ARIA
BETWEEN Q AND S
10Between q and s
Left column 3/9 · 1 letter · across
The letter that sits between Q and S.
R
RECONDITE
11Recondite
Left column 4/9 · 6 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ A _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Facts”.
ARCANE
LINEAR OUTPUT OPERATOR
12Linear output operator
Left column 5/9 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
LOO
AFTER D
13After d
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to D; the answer is its next letter.
E
AUTHENTIC
14Authentic
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
G _ _ U _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “First”.
GENUINE
MUSEUM CONTENTS
15Museum contents
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
ART
JEWE__Y
16JEWE__Y
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
“JEWE__Y” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with L.
LR
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ACTIVE INTEL
17Active intel
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
AI
FIRST
18First
Row 3, col 6 · 7 letters · down
Shape: I _ _ T _ _ L. Its fifth letter is shared with “Authentic”.
INITIAL
BE FRUGAL
19Be frugal
Row 4, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with S. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fourth letter.
STINT
READ ONLY
20Read only
Row 4, col 3 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
RO
SMOOTH AND SHINY
21Smooth and shiny
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ E _. “Expert level” crosses it at the fourth square.
SLEEK
INGENUITY
22Ingenuity
Row 6, col 5 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Ingenuity, nothing more.
I
AVE__E
23AVE__E
Row 6, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “AVE__E” and enter only the missing part, starting with N.
NU
_PAGHETTI
24_PAGHETTI
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
“_PAGHETTI” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with S.
S
ANCIENT ANDEAN
25Ancient andean
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: I _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Expert level”.
INCA
UP TO THE POINT THAT
26Up to the point that
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits U _ _ I _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Ancient andean”.
UNTIL
BLUNDER
27Blunder
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Fits E _ _. Check the third letter against “JEWE__Y”.
ERR
EXPERT LEVEL
28Expert level
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits A _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Smooth and shiny”.
ACE
FOREVER
29Forever
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Forever.
F
corn ----es
30Picture clue
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Picture word minus “corn es” gives the answer. First letter: F.
FLAK
Crossword Challenge Level 2119 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2119 solved
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