Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2603 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2603? All 30 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
12 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 7 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 4 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Water storage”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Ordinary”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Water storage”. 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.
WATER STORAGE
1Water storage
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ E _ _ O _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Voice mail”.
RESERVOIR
END POINT ASSESS.
2End point assess.
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
EPA
AFTER F
3After f
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after F.
G
m-
4Uganda
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
The image carries “m-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with U.
UG
GUIDES THE WAY
5Guides the way
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with L. Its fourth letter is shared with “Tacked on”.
LEADS
ACTRESS BANCROFT
6Actress bancroft
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Active neural array”.
ANNE
WILLINGNESS
7Willingness
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits R _ _ D _ _ E _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Foreign national”.
READINESS
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
ORDINARY
8Ordinary
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
R _ _ U _ _ R. Solving “Guides the way” first gives you its fifth letter.
REGULAR
ENERGY PULSE
9Energy pulse
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
EP
___IOR
10___IOR
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “___IOR” go in the grid. First one: S.
SAV
ENGRAVER
11Engraver
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Engraver, nothing more.
E
OLYMPICS ARRAY
12Olympics array
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Temperature unit”.
RACES
VOICE MAIL
13Voice mail
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Voice mail”.
VM
ch--ce
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “ch--ce” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with O.
OI
DATABASE POINTERS
15Database pointers
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with I. The fifth square is also part of “L__URY”.
INDEXES
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. R _ _ _. Solving “Dungeon master” first gives you its third letter.
ROME
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
DNA ELEMENT
17Dna element
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
G _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Actress bancroft”.
GENE
___ATION
18___ATION
Row 3, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “___ATION” go in the grid. First one: V.
VAC
ACTIVE NEURAL ARRAY
19Active neural array
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
ANA
TEMPERATURE UNIT
20Temperature unit
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ R _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Decree”.
DEGREE
TACKED ON
21Tacked on
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
A _ _ E _. “Actress bancroft” crosses it at the fourth square.
ADDED
___ ACID (PROTEIN BUILDER)
22___ ACID (PROTEIN BUILDER)
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Say “___ ACID (PROTEIN BUILDER)” out loud and the blank fills itself: A _ _ N _.
AMINO
_CEBERG
23_CEBERG
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
“_CEBERG” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with I.
I
JETTED ABOUT
24Jetted about
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
F _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Database pointers”.
FLEW
-amma
25Letter after f
Row 7, col 4 · 1 letter · across
The image carries “-amma”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with G.
G
FOREIGN NATIONAL
26Foreign national
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Foreign national” to its initials.
FN
L__URY
27L__URY
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “L__URY” and enter only the missing part, starting with U.
UX
DECREE
28Decree
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
R _ _ _. Solving “Jetted about” first gives you its third letter.
RULE
DUNGEON MASTER
29Dungeon master
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
DM
WINTER STORM
30Winter storm
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Winter storm”.
WS
Crossword Challenge Level 2603 Solved Grid
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