Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1156 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1156 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 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Jump from plane”.
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 “Jump from plane”, 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.
1Jump from plane
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Picture plus words: “JUMP FROM PLANE”. The answer opens with S.
SKYDIVING
FURY OR RAGE
2Fury or rage
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
A _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Nature's droplets”.
ANGER
-anut
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “-anut” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with P.
PE
CHEM CLASS
4Chem class
Top row 4/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: L _ _. Solving “Smile” first gives you its third letter.
LAB
"HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG ___?"
5"HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG ___?"
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
Which word finishes “HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG ___?”? It fits I _ _ _.
IDEA
AFTER M
6After m
Top row 6/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from M in the alphabet.
N
STICKY TEXTURE
7Sticky texture
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Fits G _ _ M _. Solving “Upper limb” first gives you its fourth letter.
GUMMY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to S _ _ L _ _ G. Solving “HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG ___?” first gives you its fifth letter.
SAPLING
MASSAGE DOUGH
9Massage dough
Left column 2/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: K _ _ A _. The fourth square is also part of “Chem class”.
KNEAD
YOUR GUIDE
10Your guide
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
YG
NATURE'S DROPLETS
11Nature's droplets
Left column 4/9 · 3 letters · across
D _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Car window tool”.
DEW
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to I _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Car window tool”.
IRIS
ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE
13Roman numeral five
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
One letter only. It is the standard short form for “Roman numeral five”.
V
PERFECT STANDARD
14Perfect standard
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits I _ _ A _. “Smooth-talking” crosses it at the fourth square.
IDEAL
ANXIOUS
15Anxious
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with N. The fifth square is also part of “Story line”.
NERVOUS
GOOD NIGHT
16Good night
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Good night” to its initials.
GN
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
USEFULLY
17Usefully
Row 3, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Usefully, nothing more.
U
FIELD
18Field
Row 3, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Early years”.
AREA
SMILE
19Smile
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with B; pattern B _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Field”.
BEAM
CAR WINDOW TOOL
20Car window tool
Row 4, col 4 · 5 letters · down
Shape: W _ _ E _. “Perfect standard” crosses it at the fourth square.
WIPER
UPPER LIMB
21Upper limb
Row 5, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits A _ _. Solving “Sticky texture” first gives you its third letter.
ARM
SMOOTH-TALKING
22Smooth-talking
Row 5, col 5 · 5 letters · down
S _ _ V _. Check the fourth letter against “Anxious”.
SUAVE
EARLY YEARS
23Early years
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
EY
STORY LINE
24Story line
Row 6, col 6 · 4 letters · down
Begins with P. Its third letter is shared with “Anxious”.
PLOT
INSECT STAGE
25Insect stage
Row 7, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Shape: P _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Story line”.
PUPA
CAVE
26Cave
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Fits D _ _. Check the third letter against “Good night”.
DEN
FIREPLACE POWDER
27Fireplace powder
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Begins with A. “Chisel, in a way” crosses it at the third square.
ASH
ALWAYS
28Always
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Always.
A
UPPER-CASE
29Upper-case
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
UC
CHISEL, IN A WAY
30Chisel, in a way
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Upper-case”.
ETCH
Crossword Challenge Level 1156 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1156 solved
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