Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2321 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2321 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Short answers dominate here: 9 of 30 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; 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.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 2321: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Courtroom testifier”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to the picture clue in the top row. One of those two words unlocks the first letter of 15 others.
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
Look at the picture and fit it to W _ _ N _ _ D _ _. “Severe” crosses it at the sixth square.
WEDNESDAY
CALL ___ QUESTION
2CALL ___ QUESTION
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Complete the phrase “CALL ___ QUESTION”. Shape: I _ _ _.
INTO
TELEGRAM ABBR.
3Telegram abbr.
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Begins with T. Solving “Lang. class” first gives you its second letter.
TG
AFTER M
4After m
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to M; the answer is its next letter.
N
NATURE-FRIENDLY
5Nature-friendly
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: E _ _. Solving “In pain” first gives you its third letter.
ECO
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to S _ _ B _ _. “Bullet point” crosses it at the fourth square.
SORBET
BRUSHED (AWAY)
7Brushed (away)
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Fits S _ _ P _. The fourth square is also part of “Bullet point”.
SWEPT
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
COURTROOM TESTIFIER
8Courtroom testifier
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: W _ _ N _ _ S. Solving “Nature-friendly” first gives you its fifth letter.
WITNESS
LANG. CLASS
9Lang. class
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with E. “Telegram abbr.” crosses it at the third square.
ENG
DOWN-TOWN
10Down-town
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
DT
REMINDER TO SELF
11Reminder to self
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with N. The third square is also part of “Ripped apart”.
NOTE
LETTER AFTER D
12Letter after d
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to D; the answer is its next letter.
E
SEVERE
13Severe
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
S _ _ I _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Final-year student”.
STRICT
BLOOD BANK GIVER
14Blood bank giver
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: D _ _ O _. The fourth square is also part of “Final-year student”.
DONOR
sc-
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“sc-”). What is left starts with A.
AN
"ABSOLUTELY!"
16"absolutely!"
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Y _ _. “Scribe” crosses it at the third square.
YES
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
MOOING FARM ANIMAL
17Mooing farm animal
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: C _ _. The third square is also part of “Brushed (away)”.
COW
FINAL-YEAR STUDENT
18Final-year student
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Fits S _ _ I _ _. “Severe” crosses it at the fourth square.
SENIOR
IN PAIN
19In pain
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
S _ _ _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
SORE
RIPPED APART
20Ripped apart
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Begins with T. The third square is also part of “Severe”.
TORN
BULLET POINT
21Bullet point
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
BP
BOLT FEATURE
22Bolt feature
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Wood-wind”.
SCREW
ATTACK START
23Attack start
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with O. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the top row.
ONSET
HUE
24Hue
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
TONE
BIG FUSS
25Big fuss
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Begins with A. Check the third letter against “Wine and dine”.
ADO
AFFABLE
26Affable
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Affable.
A
ENERGY OUTPUT
27Energy output
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
EO
WOOD-WIND
28Wood-wind
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: R _ _ _. “Energy output” crosses it at the third square.
REED
SCRIBE
29Scribe
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Scribe.
S
WINE AND DINE
30Wine and dine
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with W. Check the third letter against “Big fuss”.
WOO
Crossword Challenge Level 2321 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2321 solved
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