Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1084 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1084 is an 8×10 board with 31 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 3 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 2 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 6 clues are fill-ins, and 5 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Fuss”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1084: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Organic fertilizer”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Fuss”. One of those two words unlocks the first letter of 15 others.
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.
FUSS
1Fuss
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
C _ _ M _ _ I _ _. The sixth square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
COMMOTION
b---ing
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “b---ing” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with O.
OWL
ICE CREAM ACTION
3Ice cream action
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
M _ _ _. “French miss: abbr.” crosses it at the third square.
MELT
NEXT TO Q
4Next to q
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
A single letter or symbol answers “Next to q”.
P
OLD DOMINION
5Old dominion
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
OD
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to S _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “Animal with a trunk”.
SONIC
RUSSIAN RULER
7Russian ruler
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with T. Solving “JOUR__L” first gives you its third letter.
TSAR
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
ORGANIC FERTILIZER
8Organic fertilizer
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ P _ _ T. The fifth square is also part of “Old dominion”.
COMPOST
BE BEHIND
9Be behind
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: O _ _. Check the third letter against “Ice cream action”.
OWE
FRENCH MISS: ABBR.
10French miss: abbr.
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
M _ _ _. Solving “Ice cream action” first gives you its third letter.
MLLE
MAP
11Map
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Map, nothing more.
M
AIRP__T
12AIRP__T
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “AIRP__T” and enter only the missing part, starting with O.
OR
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Artist's stand”.
TOWER
POP STAR
14Pop star
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
I _ _ _. The third square is also part of “One of six in this clue”.
IDOL
"___THE RAMPARTS…"
15"___THE RAMPARTS…"
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
The missing word in “___THE RAMPARTS…” starts with O.
OER
LUMPY TEXTURE
16Lumpy texture
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
N _ _ U _ _ R. Check the fifth letter against “GLOB__”.
NODULAR
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
___AGE
17___AGE
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
“___AGE” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with D.
DOS
ARTIST'S STAND
18Artist's stand
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
E _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
EASEL
JOUR__L
19JOUR__L
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“JOUR__L” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with N.
NA
FOR EACH
20For each
Row 4, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Starts with P; pattern P _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
PER
ANIMAL WITH A TRUNK
21Animal with a trunk
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with T. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the top row.
TAPIR
COWBOY EVENT
22Cowboy event
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Begins with R. Its fourth letter is shared with “___THE RAMPARTS…”.
RODEO
SHORT TIME
23Short time
Row 6, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Shape: S _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
SEC
ONE OF SIX IN THIS CLUE
24One of six in this clue
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with W; pattern W _ _ _. Solving “___THE RAMPARTS…” first gives you its third letter.
WORD
NOT E'EN ONCE
25Not e'en once
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Fits N _ _ _. “To be” crosses it at the third square.
NEER
NORMAL
26Normal
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Normal starts with the answer.
N
G___FFE
27G___FFE
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “G___FFE” and enter only the missing part, starting with I.
IRA
INTERNET EXPLORER
28Internet explorer
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
IE
GLOB__
29GLOB__
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “GLOB__” go in the grid. First one: A.
AL
TO BE
30To be
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. The third square is also part of “Not e'en once”.
ARE
UNIFORM
31Uniform
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Uniform.
U
Crossword Challenge Level 1084 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1084 solved
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