Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2447 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2447, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
9 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 2 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 4 want just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Laudable”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 2447: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “With suspicion”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Laudable”. 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.
LAUDABLE
1Laudable
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with A. Its sixth letter is shared with “Recondite”.
ADMIRABLE
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. S _ _ _. Solving “Major general” first gives you its third letter.
SIGN
mil--aid
3Kilo-meter
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Picture word minus “milaid” gives the answer. First letter: K.
KM
AQUIFER
4Aquifer
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Aquifer starts with the answer.
A
"DON'T RECKON SO"
5"don't reckon so"
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: N _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Bangkok citizen”.
NAH
CONTRACT PROVISION
6Contract provision
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Shape: C _ _ U _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Ultra tech”.
CLAUSE
A-LIST GROUP
7A-list group
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ T _. Check the fourth letter against “Ultra tech”.
ELITE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
WITH SUSPICION
8With suspicion
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ A _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “Don't reckon so”.
ASKANCE
-mer
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Picture word minus “mer” gives the answer. First letter: D.
DIM
MAJOR GENERAL
10Major general
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Major general” to its initials.
MG
ABSORBED BY
11Absorbed by
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Food in a shell”.
INTO
REBATE
12Rebate
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Rebate, nothing more.
R
RECONDITE
13Recondite
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
A _ _ A _ _. Solving “Garden staple” first gives you its fourth letter.
ARCANE
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: B _ _ T _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Garden staple”.
BOOTS
LAS VEGAS ABBR
15Las vegas abbr
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Begins with L. Its second letter is shared with “Wander”.
LV
ANAGO OR UNAGI
16Anago or unagi
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits E _ _. Solving “Lawsuit” first gives you its third letter.
EEL
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
"IS THAT ___?"
17"IS THAT ___?"
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Which word finishes “IS THAT ___?”? It fits A _ _.
ALL
GARDEN STAPLE
18Garden staple
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Begins with T. Check the fourth letter against “Recondite”.
TOMATO
BANGKOK CITIZEN
19Bangkok citizen
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits T _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Contract provision”.
THAI
FOOD IN A SHELL
20Food in a shell
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Recondite”.
TACO
ULTRA TECH
21Ultra tech
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
UT
TAKE BACK, IN A WAY
22Take back, in a way
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Starts with U; pattern U _ _ A _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Swear words”.
UNSAY
MAKE LAUGH
23Make laugh
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits A _ _ S _. The fourth square is also part of “Contract provision”.
AMUSE
WANDER
24Wander
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
R _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Las vegas abbr”.
ROVE
"JUST AS I THOUGHT!"
25"just as i thought!"
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Shape: A _ _. “House vote” crosses it at the third square.
AHA
ABDOMINAL
26Abdominal
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Abdominal.
A
TELLUR-IUM
27Tellur-ium
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
T _. “House vote” crosses it at the second square.
TE
SWEAR WORDS
28Swear words
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with O. Solving “Tellur-ium” first gives you its third letter.
OATH
LAWSUIT
29Lawsuit
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Lawsuit.
L
HOUSE VOTE
30House vote
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: Y _ _. The third square is also part of “Just as i thought!”.
YEA
Crossword Challenge Level 2447 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2447 solved
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