Crossword Challenge Puzzle 116 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 116, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
9 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 2 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 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Bad dream”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Closest”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Bad dream”, 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.
BAD DREAM
1Bad dream
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with N; pattern N _ _ H _ _ A _ _. Solving “Press” first gives you its sixth letter.
NIGHTMARE
2Sound receptor
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Picture plus words: “SOUND RECEPTOR”. The answer opens with E.
EAR
CITRIC ___
3CITRIC ___
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Say “CITRIC ___” out loud and the blank fills itself: A _ _ _.
ACID
RIGHT
4Right
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Right starts with the answer.
R
b--r
5H--d
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
The image carries “b--r”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with E.
EA
COSMIC EXPANSE
6Cosmic expanse
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Fits S _ _ C _. The fourth square is also part of “Groove to music”.
SPACE
ENDUR-ANCE LEVEL
7Endur-ance level
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with T. Check the sixth letter against “First letter”.
TOLERANCE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
CLOSEST
8Closest
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: N _ _ R _ _ T. The fifth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
NEAREST
INTER-ACTIVE CORP
9Inter-active corp
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Inter-active corp”.
IAC
PINOT ___
10PINOT ___
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
Complete the phrase “PINOT ___”. Shape: G _ _ _.
GRIS
-ive
11-ive
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-ive”). What is left starts with H.
H
TIME-STAMP
12Time-stamp
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Time-stamp” to its initials.
TS
PRESS
13Press
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: M _ _ I _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Smooth fabric”.
MEDIA
ANCIENT SUN DISK
14Ancient sun disk
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with A. “____GNER” crosses it at the third square.
ATEN
vi-
15Vi-
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Picture word minus “vi” gives the answer. First letter: R.
RUS
CHAPTER
16Chapter
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: E _ _ S _ _ E. “__ AND BEHOLD” crosses it at the fifth square.
EPISODE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ARMY ADDRESS
17Army address
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: A _ _. Solving “Endur-ance level” first gives you its third letter.
APO
SMOOTH FABRIC
18Smooth fabric
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Fits S _ _ I _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Press”.
SATIN
ALABAMA
19Alabama
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Begins with A. The second square is also part of “Endur-ance level”.
AL
ACTRESS LONG
20Actress long
Row 4, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Begins with N. The third square is also part of “Press”.
NIA
GROOVE TO MUSIC
21Groove to music
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits D _ _ C _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Cosmic expanse”.
DANCE
FRAME JOB
22Frame job
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ U _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the fourth square.
SETUP
RANK
23Rank
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ _. “Cosmic expanse” crosses it at the third square.
TIER
____GNER
24____GNER
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “____GNER” and enter only the missing part, starting with D.
DESI
FIRST LETTER
25First letter
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Think of one character, not a word, for “First letter”.
A
NOT GOOD
26Not good
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Fits B _ _. Solving “Chapter” first gives you its third letter.
BAD
BILLION
27Billion
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fits B _. Solving “Endur-ance level” first gives you its second letter.
BN
__ AND BEHOLD
28__ AND BEHOLD
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Complete the phrase “__ AND BEHOLD”. Shape: L _.
LO
RESIN
29Resin
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: L _ _. The third square is also part of “Endur-ance level”.
LAC
SECOND
30Second
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Second starts with the answer.
S
Crossword Challenge Level 116 Solved Grid
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