Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 19 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1, a 7×7 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Short answers dominate here: 7 of 19 fit in one or two squares. 7 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 1 clue wants 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 6 letters and belongs to “Figure out”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 6 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to the picture clue in the left column, and the first letters of the 6 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Figure out”. 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.
FIGURE OUT
1Figure out
Top row 1/6 · 6 letters · down
What a detective does with the clues in front of them. Think Sherlock Holmes. Starts with D.
DEDUCE
ROUND LETTER
2Round letter
Top row 2/6 · 1 letter · down
The one letter of the alphabet that is drawn as a plain circle. Starts with O.
O
3Picture clue
Top row 3/6 · 3 letters · down
Don't name the drink. Name the metal container it comes in. Starts with C.
CAN
4Picture clue
Top row 4/6 · 4 letters · down
A green tick on a quiz means the statement is the opposite of false. Starts with T.
TRUE
GAS PUMP NUMBER
5Gas pump number
Top row 5/6 · 6 letters · down
The rating printed on fuel pumps, the 87, 91 or 95 you pick before filling up. Starts with O.
OCTANE
-ino
6Picture clue
Top row 6/6 · 2 letters · down
Say the animal's name, then delete the letters printed on the picture. Two letters are left. Starts with R.
RH
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
7Picture clue
Left column 1/6 · 6 letters · across
White coat, stethoscope, clinic. The first letters of the six top-row answers spell it too. Starts with D.
DOCTOR
FIFTH LETTER
8Fifth letter
Left column 2/6 · 1 letter · across
Count along the alphabet: A, B, C, D, then this one. Starts with E.
E
9Picture clue
Left column 3/6 · 5 letters · across
A ring-shaped fried treat with icing and sprinkles, in the short American spelling. Starts with D.
DONUT
FLO__
10FLO__
Left column 4/6 · 2 letters · across
Complete the baking ingredient that starts FLO, and enter only the two missing letters. Starts with U.
UR
11Picture clue
Left column 5/6 · 3 letters · across
The orange pet in the picture. Three letters, and it purrs. Starts with C.
CAT
12Picture clue
Left column 6/6 · 6 letters · across
Write the number shown in the picture as a word: one more than ten. Starts with E.
ELEVEN
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
BOW
13Bow
Row 3, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Here a bow is a curved shape, not a ribbon or a violin bow. Starts with A.
ARCH
EXAM FORMAT
14Exam format
Row 3, col 3 · 4 letters · down
An exam where you speak your answers instead of writing them. Starts with O.
ORAL
COLOR OF SAND
15Color of sand
Row 4, col 7 · 3 letters · down
A light brown, the shade of a beach or a cardboard box. Starts with T.
TAN
CONSUME
16Consume
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · across
A three-letter verb for what you do with food. Starts with E.
EAT
__ACHER
17__ACHER
Row 5, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Turn __ACHER into a job at school, and enter only the two missing letters. Starts with T.
TE
NOT AVAILABLE
18Not available
Row 6, col 5 · 2 letters · across
The two-letter abbreviation you write on a form when a box doesn't apply. Starts with N.
NA
VALID
19Valid
Row 6, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Single square. It is simply the first letter of the clue word. Starts with V.
V
Crossword Challenge Level 1 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 1 with us. Puzzle 2 is next, with 21 clues on a 7×7 board.