Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2517 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2517 is an 8×10 board with 32 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 13 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 5 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Limits”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Tripe”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Limits”. Solve one of those two and every edge clue starts with a known letter.
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.
LIMITS
1Limits
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ T _ _ C _ _. Check the sixth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
RESTRICTS
heli-
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“heli-”). What is left starts with U.
UM
TWO-WHEELER
3Two-wheeler
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with B. Check the third letter against “Mall booth”.
BIKE
SHORT-WINDED
4Short-winded
Top row 4/7 · 5 letters · down
Fits B _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with “In amongst”.
BRIEF
AFTER H
5After h
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after H.
I
SISTER
6Sister
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _. “Mall booth” crosses it at the third square.
SIS
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: H _ _ _. Solving “Mall booth” first gives you its third letter.
HIKE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
TRIPE
8Tripe
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ B _ _ H. Its fifth letter is shared with “After h”.
RUBBISH
ARABIAN PRINCE
9Arabian prince
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Two-wheeler”.
EMIR
AFTER R
10 after r
Left column 3/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from R in the alphabet.
S
IN AMONGST
11In amongst
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with T. “Short-winded” crosses it at the fourth square.
TWEEN
RESPONSE INDEX
12Response index
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Response index”.
RI
m-
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 3 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “m-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with I.
ILK
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with C. “Question word” crosses it at the fourth square.
CLOWN
TAP OPTION
15Tap option
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Tap option”.
TO
GO TO AND FRO
16Go to and fro
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. The third square is also part of “B_CKUP”.
SWAY
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
SECOND IN LATIN
17Second in latin
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
I _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the second square.
II
CONNECTED TO WI-FI, SAY
18Connected to wi-fi, say
Row 3, col 6 · 6 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ I _ _. “Atom in any salt” crosses it at the fourth square.
ONLINE
MALL BOOTH
19Mall booth
Row 4, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits K _ _ S _. “Sister” crosses it at the fourth square.
KIOSK
WEEPING TREE
20Weeping tree
Row 4, col 3 · 6 letters · down
Shape: W _ _ L _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
WILLOW
EXHIBITOR
21Exhibitor
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Exhibitor starts with the answer.
E
USER OBJECTIVE
22User objective
Row 5, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
UO
FEVER CAUSE
23Fever cause
Row 6, col 4 · 3 letters · across
F _ _. “User objective” crosses it at the third square.
FLU
KNOCKOUT
24Knockout
Row 6, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Fits K _. The second square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
KO
ATOMIC BOMB
25Atomic bomb
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Begins with N. The third square is also part of “Darn!”.
NUKE
ATOM IN ANY SALT
26Atom in any salt
Row 7, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits I _ _. Solving “Atomic bomb” first gives you its third letter.
ION
QUESTION WORD
27Question word
Row 7, col 5 · 3 letters · down
Begins with W. The third square is also part of “Go to and fro”.
WHY
A_TOMATIC
28A_TOMATIC
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Rebuild the word in “A_TOMATIC” and enter only the missing part, starting with U.
U
COMPACT DISC
29Compact disc
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
CD
"DARN!"
30"darn!"
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
H _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Compact disc”.
HECK
B_CKUP
31B_CKUP
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only the hidden letters of “B_CKUP” go in the grid. First one: A.
A
DATA ENCODING
32Data encoding
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
DE
Crossword Challenge Level 2517 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2517 solved
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