Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2443 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2443 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
9 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 5 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 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. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 2443: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to the picture clue in the left column. 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
What is shown in the image? Shape: S _ _ R _ _ I _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Failing grade”.
SWORDFISH
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with A. “Short for 'rogue'” crosses it at the fourth square.
ARBOR
"___ BOOM BAH!"
3"___ BOOM BAH!"
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Say “___ BOOM BAH!” out loud and the blank fills itself: S _ _.
SIS
HASH TABLE
4Hash table
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Hash table” to its initials.
HT
AFTER H
5After h
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from H in the alphabet.
I
CENTRAL, AS A TOPIC
6Central, as a topic
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
M _ _ _. Solving “Storage container” first gives you its third letter.
MAIN
COUNTRY LODGE
7Country lodge
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Fits I _ _. Check the third letter against “Storage container”.
INN
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to S _ _ H _ _ I. Check the fifth letter against “After h”.
SASHIMI
LEGAL DOCUMENT
9Legal document
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: W _ _ _. The third square is also part of “___ BOOM BAH!”.
WRIT
l---ter
10___ERVE
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “l---ter” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with O.
OBS
SHORT FOR 'ROGUE'
11Short for 'rogue'
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the second square.
RO
SKETCHED
12Sketched
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ W _. Solving “Two tens” first gives you its fourth letter.
DRAWN
FAILING GRADE
13Failing grade
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
A single letter or symbol answers “Failing grade”.
F
ITS CAPITAL IS TEHRAN
14Its capital is tehran
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
I _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Sadly said”.
IRAN
KEEP GOING
15Keep going
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits S _ _ T _ _ N. Solving “Double a battery” first gives you its fifth letter.
SUSTAIN
MEN'S ROOM SIGN
16Men's room sign
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Starts with H; pattern H _. Check the second letter against “Feel sorry about”.
HE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ONE
17One
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Begins with A. The second square is also part of “Country lodge”.
AN
___ FIDE
18___ FIDE
Row 3, col 6 · 4 letters · down
The missing word in “___ FIDE” starts with B.
BONA
STORAGE CONTAINER
19Storage container
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits B _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Country lodge”.
BIN
TWO TENS
20Two tens
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
T _ _ N _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Its capital is tehran”.
TWENTY
BIG WEIGHT
21Big weight
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · across
T _ _. Solving “Central, as a topic” first gives you its third letter.
TON
SADLY SAID
22Sadly said
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · down
A _ _ _. “Its capital is tehran” crosses it at the third square.
ALAS
23Picture clue
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to S _ _ N _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Keep going”.
STONE
SCHOOL
24School
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
School starts with the answer.
S
SET TO WIND
25Set to wind
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Fits S _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Keep going”.
SAIL
MINIMUM
26Minimum
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: L _ _ S _. Solving “Set to wind” first gives you its fourth letter.
LEAST
FEEL SORRY ABOUT
27Feel sorry about
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Begins with R. Solving “Men's room sign” first gives you its third letter.
RUE
ACCOUNT OF
28Account of
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Account of”.
AO
DOUBLE A BATTERY
29Double a battery
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Shape: A _. Solving “Connecticut college” first gives you its second letter.
AA
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
30Connecticut college
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with Y; pattern Y _ _ _. “Set to wind” crosses it at the third square.
YALE
Crossword Challenge Level 2443 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2443 solved
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