Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2668 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2668 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 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; 3 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 “In the beginning”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Enormous”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “In the beginning”, 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.
IN THE BEGINNING
1In the beginning
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with I. Check the sixth letter against “Comes about”.
INITIALLY
FASHION STYLE
2Fashion style
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with M. Solving “Idaho abbr” first gives you its third letter.
MODE
MAGNETIC NORTH
3Magnetic north
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
MN
AFTER D
4After d
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from D in the alphabet.
E
va---la
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “va---la” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with N.
NIL
BUZZ AND BLEEP
6Buzz and bleep
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Fits S _ _ N _ _. The fourth square is also part of “MA__GER”.
SOUNDS
TERM PAPER
7Term paper
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ A _. Solving “MA__GER” first gives you its fourth letter.
ESSAY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
ENORMOUS
8Enormous
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
I _ _ E _ _ E. Its fifth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
IMMENSE
ca-
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“ca-”). What is left starts with N.
NON
IDAHO ABBR
10Idaho abbr
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Begins with I. Its second letter is shared with “Fashion style”.
ID
"T" OF M.I.T.
11"t" of m.i.t.
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with T. Check the third letter against “Goatee's place”.
TECH
INSTANT
12Instant
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Instant.
I
COMES ABOUT
13Comes about
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
A _ _ S _ _. Solving “States of matter” first gives you its fourth letter.
ARISES
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. L _ _ E _. Solving “States of matter” first gives you its fourth letter.
LINES
LOCAL CURRENCY
15Local currency
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
LC
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: Y _ _. Its third letter is shared with “AMO_G”.
YEN
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
IPHONE OPERATING SYSTEM
17Iphone operating system
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
IOS
STATES OF MATTER
18States of matter
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Begins with P. Check the fourth letter against “Comes about”.
PHASES
OPPOSITE OF MINUS
19Opposite of minus
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: P _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Buzz and bleep”.
PLUS
GOATEE'S PLACE
20Goatee's place
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ _. Solving “Comes about” first gives you its third letter.
CHIN
MA__GER
21MA__GER
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“MA__GER” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with N.
NA
TAKES A BREAK
22Takes a break
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ T _. Its fourth letter is shared with “WATCH YOUR ___!”.
RESTS
STALWART
23Stalwart
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with H. “Buzz and bleep” crosses it at the fourth square.
HARDY
PILAF STAPLE
24Pilaf staple
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Shape: R _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Local currency”.
RICE
GORILLA OR GIBBON
25Gorilla or gibbon
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Shape: A _ _. “Date someone” crosses it at the third square.
APE
AMENITY
26Amenity
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Amenity, nothing more.
A
DEGR__
27DEGR__
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “DEGR__” and enter only the missing part, starting with E.
EE
"WATCH YOUR ___!"
28"WATCH YOUR ___!"
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Complete the phrase “WATCH YOUR ___!”. Shape: S _ _ _.
STEP
AMO_G
29AMO_G
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only the hidden letters of “AMO_G” go in the grid. First one: N.
N
DATE SOMEONE
30Date someone
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with S. “Gorilla or gibbon” crosses it at the third square.
SEE
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Puzzle 2668 solved
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