Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1421 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1421 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
11 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 5 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 “Meat-eating animal”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to the picture clue in the left column, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Meat-eating animal”, 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.
MEAT-EATING ANIMAL
1Meat-eating animal
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ N _ _ O _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its sixth letter.
CARNIVORE
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 9 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to A _ _ A _ _ L _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the sixth square.
ARMADILLO
NORTH KOREA
3North korea
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
NK
AFTER S
4After s
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from S in the alphabet.
T
b---t
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “b---t” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with E.
ERE
JOIN THE ARMY
6Join the army
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
E _ _ I _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Roman four”.
ENLIST
CHILDLIKE TRUST
7Childlike trust
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with N. Its fourth letter is shared with “Roman four”.
NAIVE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits C _ _ T _ _ N. Its fifth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
CANTEEN
BIBLICAL BOAT
9Biblical boat
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. Solving “North korea” first gives you its third letter.
ARK
RUN MATCH
10Run match
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
RM
CHURCH CENTER
11Church center
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with N. Solving “Vintage” first gives you its third letter.
NAVE
INSTANT DATA
12Instant data
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
ID
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. V _ _ L _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Casino worker”.
VIOLET
OF DAYS GONE BY
14Of days gone by
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits O _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Casino worker”.
OLDEN
RESOURCE LOADER
15Resource loader
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
RL
ONE BILLION YEARS, IN GEOLOGY
16One billion years, in geology
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _. “Nation” crosses it at the third square.
EON
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
CELL STUFF
17Cell stuff
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with R. The third square is also part of “Childlike trust”.
RNA
CASINO WORKER
18Casino worker
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ L _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the fourth square.
DEALER
BAGEL SHOP
19Bagel shop
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Join the army”.
DELI
VINTAGE
20Vintage
Row 4, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Vintage, nothing more.
V
ROMAN FOUR
21Roman four
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Starts with I; pattern I _. “Childlike trust” crosses it at the second square.
IV
KIND OF COLONY
22Kind of colony
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ A _. Solving “Freeway entrance” first gives you its fourth letter.
PENAL
ABBEY AREA
23Abbey area
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with A. Solving “Join the army” first gives you its third letter.
APSE
OPTICAL DENSITY
24Optical density
Row 6, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Optical density” to its initials.
OD
PHONE PROGRAM
25Phone program
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
A _ _. The third square is also part of “Cut”.
APP
MUSICAL NOTE
26Musical note
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
A single letter or symbol answers “Musical note”.
A
__DEST
27__DEST
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Fill the gap in “__DEST”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with M.
MO
FREEWAY ENTRANCE
28Freeway entrance
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
R _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “__DEST”.
RAMP
NATION
29Nation
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Nation.
N
CUT
30Cut
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits L _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Phone program”.
LOP
Crossword Challenge Level 1421 Solved Grid
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