Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2659 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2659, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 4 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Microbial”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to the picture clue in the left column, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Microbial”, 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.
MICROBIAL
1Microbial
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits B _ _ T _ _ I _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “Recovery agent”.
BACTERIAL
THOUGHT
2Thought
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with I. “Chip enable” crosses it at the third square.
IDEA
COMPACT DISC
3Compact disc
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Compact disc” to its initials.
CD
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Name the object in the picture. Y.
Y
FORMAL EVENT
5Formal event
Top row 5/7 · 8 letters · down
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ E _ _ N _. The fifth square is also part of “Baby's first word”.
CEREMONY
ACTOR BRUCE
6Actor bruce
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with L; pattern L _ _. The third square is also part of “Begat”.
LEE
CEASES
7Ceases
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Begat”.
ENDS
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: B _ _ Y _ _ E. Solving “Formal event” first gives you its fifth letter.
BICYCLE
ATTACH AN ITEM
9Attach an item
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. “Compact disc” crosses it at the third square.
ADD
CHIP ENABLE
10Chip enable
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
CE
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ L _. The fourth square is also part of “Assign fault”.
TABLE
AFTER D
12After d
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right after D.
E
RECOVERY AGENT
13Recovery agent
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
RA
EXTREME
14Extreme
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: I _ _ E _ _ E. “Formal event” crosses it at the fifth square.
INTENSE
ABSORBED, AS A COST
15Absorbed, as a cost
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: A _ _. Check the third letter against “Perfect" number”.
ATE
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to L _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Perfect" number”.
LINE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
SPL___
17SPL___
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
“SPL___” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with E.
EEN
ASSIGN FAULT
18Assign fault
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Starts with B; pattern B _ _ M _. Check the fourth letter against “Soft rock cover”.
BLAME
BEGAT
19Begat
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
B _ _ _. Solving “Actor bruce” first gives you its third letter.
BRED
BODY MASS
20Body mass
Row 4, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
BM
SKILIFT
21Skilift
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Skilift.
S
VALUABLE RESOURCE
22Valuable resource
Row 5, col 7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ E _. “___ WE CAN” crosses it at the fourth square.
ASSET
BABY'S FIRST WORD
23Baby's first word
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
M _ _ _. “Formal event” crosses it at the third square.
MAMA
AGAINST VOTER
24Against voter
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
A _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Absorbed, as a cost”.
ANTI
____ION
25____ION
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Fill the gap in “____ION”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with S.
SESS
SOFT ROCK COVER
26Soft rock cover
Row 7, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with M. The third square is also part of “Valuable resource”.
MOSS
"PERFECT" NUMBER
27"perfect" number
Row 7, col 4 · 3 letters · down
T _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
TEN
"___ WE CAN"
28"___ WE CAN"
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
The missing word in “___ WE CAN” starts with Y.
YES
END
29End
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of End, nothing more.
E
OU__IDE
30OU__IDE
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “OU__IDE” and enter only the missing part, starting with T.
TS
Crossword Challenge Level 2659 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2659 solved
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