Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1361 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1361, 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; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants just the first letter of a single word; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1361: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Order of mammals”. 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
Name the object in the picture. P _ _ C _ _ I _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its sixth letter.
PORCUPINE
PRICE
2Price
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits R _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Real time”.
RATE
INVESTOR RELATIONS
3Investor relations
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
IR
AFTER L
4After l
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after L.
M
AGREEMENT AT SEA
5Agreement at sea
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: A _ _. The third square is also part of “Contact option”.
AYE
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ G _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “CATALO__E”.
TONGUE
FOLLOW IN TIME
7Follow in time
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
E _ _ U _. Solving “CATALO__E” first gives you its fourth letter.
ENSUE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
ORDER OF MAMMALS
8Order of mammals
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ M _ _ E. “Agreement at sea” crosses it at the fifth square.
PRIMATE
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: O _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Investor relations”.
OAR
REAL TIME
10Real time
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Real time” to its initials.
RT
GIVE UP
11Give up
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits C _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Certain pickle”.
CEDE
AFTER T
12After t
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from T in the alphabet.
U
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with P. Solving “Small wound” first gives you its fourth letter.
POLICE
ICE HOUSE
14Ice house
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits I _ _ O _. “Small wound” crosses it at the fourth square.
IGLOO
NETHER-LANDS
15Nether-lands
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Nether-lands”.
NL
___ ROLL (SUSHI ITEM)
16___ ROLL (SUSHI ITEM)
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Say “___ ROLL (SUSHI ITEM)” out loud and the blank fills itself: E _ _.
EEL
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
HITHER AND ___
17HITHER AND ___
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Complete the phrase “HITHER AND ___”. Shape: Y _ _.
YON
SMALL WOUND
18Small wound
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Begins with L. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
LESION
CONTACT OPTION
19Contact option
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
LENS
CERTAIN PICKLE
20Certain pickle
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Fits D _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
DILL
CATALO__E
21CATALO__E
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “CATALO__E” go in the grid. First one: G.
GU
ICE CREAM SERVING
22Ice cream serving
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Fits S _ _ O _. “Knotty swelling” crosses it at the fourth square.
SCOOP
PROBLEM
23Problem
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
I _ _ U _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fourth letter.
ISSUE
LOOK AT RUDELY
24Look at rudely
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Begins with O. The third square is also part of “Nether-lands”.
OGLE
FAST AIRCRAFT
25Fast aircraft
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
J _ _. Check the third letter against “Set down”.
JET
AFTER I
26After i
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right after I.
J
DATA UNIT
27Data unit
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Data unit”.
DU
KNOTTY SWELLING
28Knotty swelling
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: N _ _ _. “Data unit” crosses it at the third square.
NODE
LAWYER
29Lawyer
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Lawyer, nothing more.
L
SET DOWN
30Set down
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with P; pattern P _ _. “Fast aircraft” crosses it at the third square.
PUT
Crossword Challenge Level 1361 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1361 solved
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