Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2469 Clues and Answers
Puzzle 2469 of Crossword Challenge gives you 31 clues on a 8×10 board. Each one is listed below with a hint first and the answer second.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 10 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 3 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; 1 wants just the first letter of a single word; 5 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Title transferors”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Marriage relations”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Title transferors”, 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.
TITLE TRANSFERORS
1Title transferors
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ I _ _ O _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the sixth square.
ASSIGNORS
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with F. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
FOAM
FINAL DRAFT
3Final draft
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
FD
BAS_L
4BAS_L
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Rebuild the word in “BAS_L” and enter only the missing part, starting with I.
I
FINE POINT
5Fine point
Top row 5/7 · 6 letters · down
N _ _ E _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Photo”.
NICETY
"TO ___ IS HUMAN"
6"TO ___ IS HUMAN"
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
The missing word in “TO ___ IS HUMAN” starts with E.
ERR
HIDE'S PARTNER
7Hide's partner
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
S _ _ _. Solving “A lot of farmland” first gives you its third letter.
SEEK
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
MARRIAGE RELATIONS
8Marriage relations
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ I _ _ S. Check the fifth letter against “Fine point”.
AFFINES
STATE OF DEVICE
9State of device
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “State of device”.
SOD
-rdine
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “rdine” gives the answer. First letter: S.
SA
PHOTO
11Photo
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: I _ _ G _. Solving “Yawning” first gives you its fourth letter.
IMAGE
AFTER F
12After f
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from F in the alphabet.
G
s--ck
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“s--ck”). What is left starts with N.
NA
INSTRUMENT WITH REEDS
14Instrument with reeds
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
O _ _ _. “A quarter of four” crosses it at the third square.
OBOE
t---k
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
The image carries “t---k”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with R.
RUN
NOT FERTILE
16Not fertile
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
S _ _ R _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “Opposite of bye”.
STERILE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
FURY
17Fury
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits I _ _. Solving “Hide's partner” first gives you its third letter.
IRE
YAWNING
18Yawning
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ P _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Fiery stack”.
AGAPE
A LOT OF FARMLAND
19A lot of farmland
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
A _ _ _. Check the third letter against “TO ___ IS HUMAN”.
ACRE
CHAINS__
20CHAINS__
Row 4, col 4 · 2 letters · down
“CHAINS__” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with A.
AW
AW_WARD
21AW_WARD
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Rebuild the word in “AW_WARD” and enter only the missing part, starting with K.
K
HIKING PATH
22Hiking path
Row 5, col 7 · 5 letters · down
T _ _ I _. The fourth square is also part of “The guy's”.
TRAIL
POWER BIT
23Power bit
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Shape: W _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Fine point”.
WATT
BE NEXT TO
24Be next to
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Begins with A. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
ABUT
"WHAT ___ COULD I DO?"
25"WHAT ___ COULD I DO?"
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Which word finishes “WHAT ___ COULD I DO?”? It fits E _ _ _.
ELSE
FIERY STACK
26Fiery stack
Row 7, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: P _ _ _. “Hiking path” crosses it at the third square.
PYRE
A QUARTER OF FOUR
27A quarter of four
Row 7, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Shape: O _ _. The third square is also part of “Not fertile”.
ONE
NICKNAME FOR ALBERT
28Nickname for albert
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
A _. Its second letter is shared with “WHAT ___ COULD I DO?”.
AL
OPPOSITE OF BYE
29Opposite of bye
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Starts with H; pattern H _. Solving “Not fertile” first gives you its second letter.
HI
THE GUY'S
30The guy's
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
H _ _. “WHAT ___ COULD I DO?” crosses it at the third square.
HIS
RADIO
31Radio
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Radio.
R
Crossword Challenge Level 2469 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2469 solved
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