Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2311 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2311? All 31 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
Short answers dominate here: 10 of 31 fit in one or two squares. 3 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 5 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.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Dealt with”, 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
What is shown in the image? Shape: H _ _ E _ _ O _ _. Solving “Obvious” first gives you its sixth letter.
HONEYCOMB
NOT UNDER
2Not under
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. “No obstacle run” crosses it at the third square.
ATOP
AFTER M
3After m
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to M; the answer is its next letter.
N
DATA ENGINE
4Data engine
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
DE
RESEARCH FACILITY
5Research facility
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
L _ _. Check the third letter against “Base output power”.
LAB
BRING FORTH
6Bring forth
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with E. The fourth square is also part of “Knock-out”.
EVOKE
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 6 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits D _ _ O _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Knock-out”.
DEPORT
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
DEALT WITH
8Dealt with
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
H _ _ D _ _ D. Its fifth letter is shared with “Research facility”.
HANDLED
SCO__ER
9SCO__ER
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
“SCO__ER” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with O.
OT
NO OBSTACLE RUN
10No obstacle run
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
NOR
GRAND TALE
11Grand tale
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with E. Its third letter is shared with “Annoy”.
EPIC
AFTER X
12After x
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to X; the answer is its next letter.
Y
OBVIOUS
13Obvious
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: C _ _ A _. Check the fourth letter against “Fuel from a mine”.
CLEAR
ch--ce
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“ch--ce”). What is left starts with O.
OI
ADULT MALE
15Adult male
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with M. The third square is also part of “BROW__E”.
MAN
ABSCAM CRIME
16Abscam crime
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: B _ _ B _ _ Y. “Put pen to paper” crosses it at the fifth square.
BRIBERY
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
NESTING PLACE FOR A BIRD
17Nesting place for a bird
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with E. Check the third letter against “Bring forth”.
EAVE
ANNOY
18Annoy
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Less high”.
RILE
BASE OUTPUT POWER
19Base output power
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
BOP
FUEL FROM A MINE
20Fuel from a mine
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Obvious”.
COAL
KNOCK-OUT
21Knock-out
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
KO
PUT PEN TO PAPER
22Put pen to paper
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Starts with W; pattern W _ _ T _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Itsy bit”.
WRITE
LESS HIGH
23Less high
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Bring forth”.
LOWER
BLUFFER
24Bluffer
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Shape: L _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Adult male”.
LIAR
TOLL
25Toll
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Toll.
T
SOUND RECEPTOR
26Sound receptor
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Fits E _ _. Solving “Abscam crime” first gives you its third letter.
EAR
BIT OF FAKE NEWS
27Bit of fake news
Row 8, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Begins with L. “Sound receptor” crosses it at the third square.
LIE
BROW__E
28BROW__E
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “BROW__E” and enter only the missing part, starting with N.
NI
DELTA YIELD
29Delta yield
Row 8, col 8 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
DY
ITSY BIT
30Itsy bit
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: T _ _. Solving “Delta yield” first gives you its third letter.
TAD
BRAVE
31Brave
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Brave.
B
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Puzzle 2311 solved
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