Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1263 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1263, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 10 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 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, and 1 of it needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Learning space”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1263: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Attentive”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Learning space”. 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.
LEARNING SPACE
1Learning space
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with C. The sixth square is also part of “Apartment payment”.
CLASSROOM
pine---le
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
The image carries “pine---le”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with A.
APP
AFTER Q
3 after q
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to Q; the answer is its next letter.
R
ENTERIC COATED
4Enteric coated
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
EC
NIAGARA FEATURE
5Niagara feature
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
Fits F _ _ L _. Solving “Has in hand” first gives you its fourth letter.
FALLS
PREOWNED
6Preowned
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits U _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Green land”.
USED
MINIMUM
7Minimum
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
L _ _ S _. “Has in hand” crosses it at the fourth square.
LEAST
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
ATTENTIVE
8Attentive
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ E _ _ L. Check the fifth letter against “Niagara feature”.
CAREFUL
LONG PLAY
9Long play
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Long play” to its initials.
LP
l---op
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “l---op” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with A.
APT
AFTER R
11After r
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from R in the alphabet.
S
+s
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“+s”). What is left starts with S.
SHIPS
APARTMENT PAYMENT
13Apartment payment
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: R _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Not thick”.
RENT
OPTICAL NETWORK
14Optical network
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
ON
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: O _ _ O _ _ R. “Baseball” crosses it at the fifth square.
OCTOBER
CRUEL
16Cruel
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits M _ _ _. Check the third letter against “IMPOR__NT”.
MEAN
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
LEGAL MATTER
17Legal matter
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Preowned”.
CASE
NOT THICK
18Not thick
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Fits T _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
THIN
GREEN LAND
19Green land
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with L. Its third letter is shared with “Minimum”.
LEA
CHOICE
20Choice
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
O _ _ I _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Abbr. in a footnote”.
OPTION
HAS IN HAND
21Has in hand
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with H. Check the fourth letter against “Preowned”.
HOLDS
FROM THIS TIME
22From this time
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Fits H _ _ C _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
HENCE
TEA
23Tea
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Tea starts with the answer.
T
LEGAL CLAIM
24Legal claim
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with L. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
LIEN
LAW
25Law
Row 7, col 6 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Law.
L
BASEBALL
26Baseball
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Starts with B; pattern B _. Check the second letter against the picture clue in the left column.
BB
NOT WET
27Not wet
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
D _ _. Solving “Big apple” first gives you its third letter.
DRY
ABBR. IN A FOOTNOTE
28Abbr. in a footnote
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Legal claim”.
IBID
IMPOR__NT
29IMPOR__NT
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Fill the gap in “IMPOR__NT”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with T.
TA
BIG APPLE
30Big apple
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Starts with N; pattern N _. The second square is also part of “Not wet”.
NY
Crossword Challenge Level 1263 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1263 solved
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