Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2283 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2283 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 8 of them only one or two letters. 3 clues are pictures; 2 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants 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 “Arduous”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Making a list”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Arduous”, 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.
ARDUOUS
1Arduous
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with L. The sixth square is also part of “Thing on list”.
LABORIOUS
FROSTY
2Frosty
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
I _ _. Check the third letter against “A word before you go”.
ICY
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 6 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: S _ _ E _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Fair and balanced”.
SNEEZE
THERMAL ENERGY
4Thermal energy
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Thermal energy”.
TE
BETWEEN H AND J
5Between h and j
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Alphabet check: the single letter between H and J.
I
GLOWING GAS
6Glowing gas
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: N _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Music genre”.
NEON
BRIDGE SITE
7Bridge site
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with G. Solving “Music genre” first gives you its third letter.
GAP
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
MAKING A LIST
8Making a list
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
L _ _ T _ _ G. Its fifth letter is shared with “Between h and j”.
LISTING
TEENAGE SKIN ISSUE
9Teenage skin issue
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
ACNE
A WORD BEFORE YOU GO
10A word before you go
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with B; pattern B _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
BYE
BL_NDE
11BL_NDE
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Rebuild the word in “BL_NDE” and enter only the missing part, starting with O.
O
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. R _ _ O _. Solving “Throw up” first gives you its fourth letter.
RAZOR
THING ON LIST
13Thing on list
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with I. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
ITEM
TWO CIRCLES
14Two circles
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
O _. Check the second letter against “Clear wrongs”.
OO
FORMING A WHOLE
15Forming a whole
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
U _ _ T _ _ Y. “Tattered cloth” crosses it at the fifth square.
UNITARY
ADRIATIC OR AEGEAN
16Adriatic or aegean
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: S _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Iowa's postal”.
SEA
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ALR__DY
17ALR__DY
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “ALR__DY”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with E.
EA
EACH
18Each
Row 3, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Fits P _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
PER
MUSIC GENRE
19Music genre
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: P _ _. “Bridge site” crosses it at the third square.
POP
THROW UP
20Throw up
Row 4, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Fits V _ _ I _. Its fourth letter is shared with “A magnet attracts it”.
VOMIT
FAIR AND BALANCED
21Fair and balanced
Row 5, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Fits E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Each”.
EVEN
CLEAR WRONGS
22Clear wrongs
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Fits A _ _ N _. The fourth square is also part of “Forming a whole”.
ATONE
23Picture clue
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with V. The fourth square is also part of “Forming a whole”.
VINYL
VET
24Vet
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Vet, nothing more.
V
IN PAIN
25In pain
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with S. Its third letter is shared with “Forming a whole”.
SORE
SYSTEM INPUT
26System input
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “System input” to its initials.
SI
TATTERED CLOTH
27Tattered cloth
Row 7, col 6 · 3 letters · down
R _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Hair goo”.
RAG
A MAGNET ATTRACTS IT
28A magnet attracts it
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: I _ _ _. “In pain” crosses it at the third square.
IRON
IOWA'S POSTAL
29Iowa's postal
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Fits I _. Check the second letter against “Adriatic or aegean”.
IA
HAIR GOO
30Hair goo
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
G _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the inside the grid.
GEL
Crossword Challenge Level 2283 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2283 solved
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