Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1426 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1426 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Short answers dominate here: 8 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 4 clues are pictures; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need 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 1426: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Economic hardship”. 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: P _ _ C _ _ O _ _. “Weekly” crosses it at the sixth square.
PATCHWORK
FEMALE ORGAN
2Female organ
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ R _. Solving “Change request” first gives you its fourth letter.
OVARY
EX-CLUSIVE GUEST
3Ex-clusive guest
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with V. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
VIP
PR__ATOR
4PR__ATOR
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “PR__ATOR” go in the grid. First one: E.
ED
AFTER Q
5 after q
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to Q; the answer is its next letter.
R
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to T _ _ _. Solving “Australian bird” first gives you its third letter.
TOMB
NOT ME
7Not me
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with Y; pattern Y _ _. The third square is also part of “Australian bird”.
YOU
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
8Economic hardship
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: P _ _ E _ _ Y. Its fifth letter is shared with “After q”.
POVERTY
EAGER
9Eager
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits A _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Ex-clusive guest”.
AVID
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to T _ _. “Ex-clusive guest” crosses it at the third square.
TAP
CHANGE REQUEST
11Change request
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Change request”.
CR
OVERLY ENERGETIC
12Overly energetic
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with H. The fourth square is also part of “Colorful light”.
HYPER
WEEKLY
13Weekly
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Weekly.
W
VIEWPOINT
14Viewpoint
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
O _ _ N _ _ N. Check the fifth letter against “Lobe jewelry”.
OPINION
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to R _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Ache or hurt”.
RUN
KITCHEN TABLE
16Kitchen table
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Kitchen table”.
KT
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
OUT OF
17Out of
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
OO
LOBE JEWELRY
18Lobe jewelry
Row 3, col 6 · 7 letters · down
Begins with E. Solving “Viewpoint” first gives you its fifth letter.
EARRING
AUSTRALIAN BIRD
19Australian bird
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
E _ _. “Not me” crosses it at the third square.
EMU
COLORFUL LIGHT
20Colorful light
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Begins with N. Its third letter is shared with “Main artery”.
NEON
ARREST SUDDENLY
21Arrest suddenly
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Begins with N. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
NAB
ACHE OR HURT
22Ache or hurt
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ _. Solving “Viewpoint” first gives you its third letter.
PAIN
TOSS BACK AND FORTH
23Toss back and forth
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
B _ _ D _. The fourth square is also part of “Not our drama”.
BANDY
BLOOD TYPE
24Blood type
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
A single letter or symbol answers “Blood type”.
B
HANDY ITEM
25Handy item
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
T _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Not our drama”.
TOOL
MAIN ARTERY
26Main artery
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ T _. The fourth square is also part of “Handy item”.
AORTA
LAY OUT
27Lay out
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Fits P _ _. “Kitchen table” crosses it at the third square.
PUT
NOT OUR DRAMA
28Not our drama
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
NOD
B_LLET
29B_LLET
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Fill the gap in “B_LLET”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with U.
U
UNPRETTY
30Unpretty
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
U _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Handy item”.
UGLY
Crossword Challenge Level 1426 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1426 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 1426 with us. Puzzle 1427 is next, with 30 clues on a 8×10 board.