Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2223 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2223, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 10 of them only one or two letters. 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; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
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 the picture clue in the top row, 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits B _ _ K _ _ A _ _. “Child birth” crosses it at the sixth square.
BACKSLASH
EFFORT
2 effort
Top row 2/7 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Effort, nothing more.
E
gene---or
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“gene---or”). What is left starts with R.
RAT
RADIATION INTENSITY
4Radiation intensity
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
RI
BIT OF LAND IN THE OCEAN
5Bit of land in the ocean
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with I. The third square is also part of “Kid's seat on santa”.
ISLE
CHEER
6Cheer
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Fits E _ _ T _. “Goat cheese” crosses it at the fourth square.
ELATE
CAN BE SPLIT
7Can be split
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: S _ _ A _ _ B _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Antigen”.
SEPARABLE
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: B _ _ R _ _ S. Solving “Bit of land in the ocean” first gives you its fifth letter.
BERRIES
HYEN_
9HYEN_
Left column 2/9 · 1 letter · across
Only the hidden letters of “HYEN_” go in the grid. First one: A.
A
FILM DIRECTOR'S CRY
10Film director's cry
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits C _ _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
CUT
KILO-NEWTON
11Kilo-newton
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Kilo-newton” to its initials.
KN
CHASE OFF
12Chase off
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
S _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Olympic best”.
SHOO
CHILD BIRTH
13Child birth
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with L. The fourth square is also part of “April 1 target”.
LABOR
sw-
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “sw” gives the answer. First letter: A.
AP
ONE MAY BUG YOU
15One may bug you
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits S _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Your guide”.
SPY
CLEANLI-NESS
16Cleanli-ness
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with H; pattern H _ _ I _ _ E. “Fury” crosses it at the fifth square.
HYGIENE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
PASSAGE
17Passage
Row 3, col 3 · 5 letters · across
A _ _ L _. The fourth square is also part of “Cheer”.
AISLE
SAD
18Sad
Row 3, col 3 · 7 letters · down
Begins with U. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the fifth square.
UNHAPPY
KID'S SEAT ON SANTA
19Kid's seat on santa
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: L _ _. “Can be split” crosses it at the third square.
LAP
APRIL 1 TARGET
20April 1 target
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Fits F _ _ _. “Child birth” crosses it at the third square.
FOOL
GOAT CHEESE
21Goat cheese
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with F. Solving “Cheer” first gives you its third letter.
FETA
OLYMPIC BEST
22Olympic best
Row 5, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Olympic best” to its initials.
OB
EMERGE-NCY ROOM
23Emerge-ncy room
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fits E _. Its second letter is shared with “Can be split”.
ER
FURY
24Fury
Row 6, col 6 · 4 letters · down
Begins with R. Its third letter is shared with “Young woman”.
RAGE
ANTIGEN
25Antigen
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Antigen starts with the answer.
A
OPPOSITE OF WOMAN
26Opposite of woman
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
M _ _. Solving “Cleanli-ness” first gives you its third letter.
MAN
EWE'S BABY
27Ewe's baby
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with L. Check the third letter against “Opposite of woman”.
LAMB
YOUR GUIDE
28Your guide
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Your guide” to its initials.
YG
YOUNG WOMAN
29Young woman
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits G _ _. The third square is also part of “Can be split”.
GAL
A_RBRUSH
30A_RBRUSH
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Rebuild the word in “A_RBRUSH” and enter only the missing part, starting with I.
I
Crossword Challenge Level 2223 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2223 solved
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