Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1244 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1244? All 30 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
10 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 6 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 5 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 want just the first letter of a single word. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1244: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Great victory”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to the picture clue in the top row. 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ E _ _ O _ _. Solving “Roman hundred” first gives you its sixth letter.
TELESCOPE
RADIAL
2Radial
Top row 2/7 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Radial.
R
INSIDE DIAMETER
3Inside diameter
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
ID
COFFEE VESSEL
4Coffee vessel
Top row 4/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with U; pattern U _ _. Check the third letter against “Rule”.
URN
CAT'S SOUND
5Cat's sound
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits M _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Rule”.
MEOW
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. P _ _ R _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Work-related”.
PARROT
THINKING SOUND
7Thinking sound
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with H; pattern H _ _. Solving “Rule” first gives you its third letter.
HMM
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
GREAT VICTORY
8Great victory
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ U _ _ H. Solving “Cat's sound” first gives you its fifth letter.
TRIUMPH
EVERY
9Every
Left column 2/9 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Every.
E
LOWER-CASE
10Lower-case
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
LC
p---y
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 3 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “p---y” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with E.
EON
IMPALE
12Impale
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
S _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “1994 trade pact”.
STAB
ROMAN HUNDRED
13Roman hundred
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
One letter only. It is the standard short form for “Roman hundred”.
C
MANY TIMES
14Many times
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Sanctify”.
OFTEN
WALL COVER
15Wall cover
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with P. Solving “To or toward” first gives you its fifth letter.
PLASTER
mass--r
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “massr” gives the answer. First letter: E.
EU
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
SLEEP IMAGERY
17Sleep imagery
Row 3, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with D. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
DREAM
SMALL BED
18Small bed
Row 3, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Shape: C _ _. “Impale” crosses it at the third square.
COT
RULE
19Rule
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
N _ _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
NORM
1994 TRADE PACT
201994 trade pact
Row 4, col 4 · 5 letters · down
N _ _ T _. Check the fourth letter against “Many times”.
NAFTA
WORK-RELATED
21Work-related
Row 5, col 5 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Work-related”.
WR
SANCTIFY
22Sanctify
Row 5, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Starts with B; pattern B _ _ S _. Check the fourth letter against “Wall cover”.
BLESS
23Black & white horse
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Picture plus words: “BLACK & WHITE HORSE”. The answer opens with Z.
ZEBRA
OCEAN ZONE
24Ocean zone
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
OZ
TO OR TOWARD
25To or toward
Row 6, col 6 · 4 letters · down
Fits U _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Wall cover”.
UNTO
PICCOLO'S COUSIN
26Piccolo's cousin
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits F _ _ T _. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
FLUTE
VIRAL ILLNESS
27Viral illness
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
F _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
FLU
BIT
28Bit
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Bit, nothing more.
B
ELECTRIC FIELD
29Electric field
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
EF
30Couch
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Picture plus words: “COUCH”. The answer opens with S.
SOFA
Crossword Challenge Level 1244 Solved Grid
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