Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1457 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1457 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 3 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask 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 “Global”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1457: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Indistinct”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Global”. 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.
GLOBAL
1Global
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: U _ _ V _ _ S _ _. Solving “After q” first gives you its sixth letter.
UNIVERSAL
LIKE THE VIKINGS
2Like the vikings
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: N _ _ S _. Check the fourth letter against “Versus”.
NORSE
ACTOR'S PROMPT
3Actor's prompt
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with C; pattern C _ _. Check the third letter against “Bile”.
CUE
LATE NIGHT
4Late night
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
LN
EFFORT
5 effort
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Effort starts with the answer.
E
ICONIC ROUNDED HAIRDO
6Iconic rounded hairdo
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Shout in pain”.
AFRO
x-
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“x-”). What is left starts with R.
RAY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
INDISTINCT
8Indistinct
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
U _ _ L _ _ R. Check the fifth letter against “Effort”.
UNCLEAR
SUBJECT WORD
9Subject word
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
N _ _ _. “Actor's prompt” crosses it at the third square.
NOUN
BILE
10Bile
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: I _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Actor's prompt”.
IRE
VERSUS
11Versus
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
Starts with V; pattern V _. Its second letter is shared with “Like the vikings”.
VS
GHOSTLY QUALITY
12Ghostly quality
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with E. Solving “Salmon cut” first gives you its fourth letter.
EERIE
AFTER Q
13 after q
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right after Q.
R
ALL TICKETS SOLD
14All tickets sold
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
S _ _ L _ _ T. Solving “Doctrine” first gives you its fifth letter.
SELLOUT
t-
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 4 letters · across
Picture word minus “t” gives the answer. First letter: A.
ABLE
LINE-BACKER
16Line-backer
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
LB
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
FREE AGENT
17Free agent
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Free agent”.
FA
DOCTRINE
18Doctrine
Row 3, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Shape: C _ _ D _. Check the fourth letter against “Of days gone by”.
CREDO
SHOUT IN PAIN
19Shout in pain
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with C. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
CRY
SALMON CUT
20Salmon cut
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Fits F _ _ L _ _. “All tickets sold” crosses it at the fourth square.
FILLET
OPPOSITE OF "TO"
21Opposite of "to"
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Fits F _ _. “Iconic rounded hairdo” crosses it at the third square.
FRO
TYPE OF SUSHI
22Type of sushi
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Begins with R. “All tickets sold” crosses it at the third square.
ROLL
TO THAT TIME
23To that time
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Starts with U; pattern U _ _ I _. The fourth square is also part of “Refractive index”.
UNTIL
_RGENT
24_RGENT
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Rebuild the word in “_RGENT” and enter only the missing part, starting with U.
U
MARK REPLACER
25Mark replacer
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with E. Its third letter is shared with “Refractive index”.
EURO
OF DAYS GONE BY
26Of days gone by
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with O. Solving “Mark replacer” first gives you its fourth letter.
OLDEN
ENERGY BALANCE BUDGET
27Energy balance budget
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Abbreviate “Energy balance budget” to its initials.
EBB
REFRACTIVE INDEX
28Refractive index
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
RI
OUT
29Out
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Out, nothing more.
O
30Picture clue
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Mark replacer”.
TOOL
Crossword Challenge Level 1457 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1457 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 1457 with us. Puzzle 1458 is next, with 30 clues on a 8×10 board.