Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2481 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2481 is an 8×10 board with 33 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 14 of them only one or two letters. 6 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 7 clues are fill-ins, and 7 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Favorable”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Judge”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Favorable”, 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.
FAVORABLE
1Favorable
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits A _ _ R _ _ I _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Short stay”.
APPROVING
b---th
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Picture word minus “bth” gives the answer. First letter: R.
REA
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: B _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Couples”.
BAIL
_CEBERG
4_CEBERG
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Fill the gap in “_CEBERG”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with I.
I
-sue
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
The image carries “-sue”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with T.
TIS
EVENT VECTOR
6Event vector
Top row 6/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
EV
LIFEGUARD'S ACT
7Lifeguard's act
Top row 7/7 · 6 letters · down
Shape: R _ _ C _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Double combo”.
RESCUE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
JUDGE
8Judge
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
A _ _ I _ _ R. Its fifth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
ARBITER
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits P _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
PEA
COUPLES
10Couples
Left column 3/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits P _ _ R _. Check the fourth letter against “Fast”.
PAIRS
AFTER Q
11 after q
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from Q in the alphabet.
R
pr--essor
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“pr--essor”). What is left starts with O.
OF
SHORT STAY
13Short stay
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
V _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “Fast”.
VISIT
ABBR. IN A FOOTNOTE
14Abbr. in a footnote
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
I _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Web location”.
IBID
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: N _ _. The third square is also part of “Web location”.
NET
LARGER IN SIZE
16Larger in size
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with G; pattern G _ _ A _ _ R. Solving “Connec-ticut” first gives you its fifth letter.
GREATER
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ACT___
17ACT___
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fill the gap in “ACT___”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with I.
IVE
FAST
18Fast
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Fits R _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “Short stay”.
RAPID
SECTION
19Section
Row 4, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Section.
S
DELIVERY RECEIPT
20Delivery receipt
Row 4, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
DR
P__NETARY
21P__NETARY
Row 5, col 3 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “P__NETARY”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with L.
LA
TEXTILE MATERIAL
22Textile material
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
F _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
FIBER
DOUBLE COMBO
23Double combo
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
DC
R__IREMENT
24R__IREMENT
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “R__IREMENT” go in the grid. First one: E.
ET
ANDEAN COUNTRY
25Andean country
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with P. The third square is also part of “Delivery receipt”.
PERU
WEB LOCATION
26Web location
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Begins with S. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
SITE
END
27End
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
End starts with the answer.
E
GR___FRUIT
28GR___FRUIT
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
“GR___FRUIT” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with A.
APE
ALPHABET
29Alphabet
Row 8, col 6 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Alphabet.
A
CONNEC-TICUT
30Connec-ticut
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Connec-ticut”.
CT
ADVENT__E
31ADVENT__E
Row 8, col 8 · 2 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “ADVENT__E” go in the grid. First one: U.
UR
PC'S "BRAIN"
32Pc's "brain"
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
C _ _. Check the third letter against “ADVENT__E”.
CPU
B_CKUP
33B_CKUP
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Rebuild the word in “B_CKUP” and enter only the missing part, starting with A.
A
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Puzzle 2481 solved
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