Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1420 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 29 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1420, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Short answers dominate here: 8 of 29 fit in one or two squares. 4 clues are pictures; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 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 the picture clue in the top row.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Loss of progress”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to the picture clue in the top row, 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: S _ _ I _ _ I _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
SOLITAIRE
EXPEND
2Expend
Top row 2/7 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Expend.
E
COMIC DELIVERY
3Comic delivery
Top row 3/7 · 6 letters · down
Shape: T _ _ I _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Wading bird”.
TIMING
BANK NOTE
4Bank note
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Bank note”.
BN
BIG FLAP
5Big flap
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _. “Old poem” crosses it at the third square.
ADO
6Apple drink
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Both the picture and the text “APPLE DRINK” point to the same word. It begins with C.
CIDER
HOLD ON TO
7Hold on to
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with K; pattern K _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Old poem”.
KEEP
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
LOSS OF PROGRESS
8Loss of progress
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with S. Check the fifth letter against “Big flap”.
SETBACK
AFTER N
9After n
Left column 2/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to N; the answer is its next letter.
O
GETAWAY
10Getaway
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: L _ _. The third square is also part of “Comic delivery”.
LAM
WADING BIRD
11Wading bird
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
I _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Comic delivery”.
IBIS
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 6 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. T _ _ K _ _. Solving “Tilt” first gives you its fourth letter.
TANKER
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with A. Solving “Tilt” first gives you its fourth letter.
ANGEL
INSTANT DATA
14Instant data
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
ID
BLATHER
15Blather
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _. “Tennis court” crosses it at the third square.
ROT
MAKE SECRET, IN A WAY
16Make secret, in a way
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: E _ _ R _ _ T. Check the fifth letter against “Poetic lament”.
ENCRYPT
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ART FILM, OFTEN
17Art film, often
Row 3, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ I _. “Apple drink” crosses it at the fourth square.
INDIE
LEAVE BEHIND
18Leave behind
Row 3, col 3 · 7 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ N _ _ N. “Instant data” crosses it at the fifth square.
ABANDON
OLD POEM
19Old poem
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
O _ _. “Hold on to” crosses it at the third square.
ODE
TILT
20Tilt
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
SKEW
CONC__T
21CONC__T
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “CONC__T” go in the grid. First one: E.
EP
POETIC LAMENT
22Poetic lament
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
E _ _ G _. Solving “Gunk” first gives you its fourth letter.
ELEGY
BLOOD MASS
23Blood mass
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Shape: C _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Gunk”.
CLOT
COW
24Cow
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Cow.
C
CUT
25Cut
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: L _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Make secret, in a way”.
LOP
GOOD CONDITION
26Good condition
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with W. “Cut” crosses it at the third square.
WELL
TENNIS COURT
27Tennis court
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Tennis court” to its initials.
TC
GUNK
28Gunk
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits G _ _. The third square is also part of “Blood mass”.
GOO
ROOM
29Room
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Room, nothing more.
R
Crossword Challenge Level 1420 Solved Grid
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