Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1486 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1486, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Massive blast”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1486: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Sells abroad”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Massive blast”. 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.
MASSIVE BLAST
1Massive blast
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits E _ _ L _ _ I _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Quicker than later”.
EXPLOSION
UNLUCKY NUMBER
2Unlucky number
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: X _ _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
XIII
PRESENT VALUE
3Present value
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Present value”.
PV
ZERO
4Zero
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Think of one character, not a word, for “Zero”.
O
REACTIVE HEAT OUTPUT
5Reactive heat output
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Abbreviate “Reactive heat output” to its initials.
RHO
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ B _ _. “Body mass” crosses it at the fourth square.
TIMBER
APPEARS TO BE
7Appears to be
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
S _ _ M _. The fourth square is also part of “Body mass”.
SEEMS
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
SELLS ABROAD
8Sells abroad
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
E _ _ O _ _ S. The fifth square is also part of “Reactive heat output”.
EXPORTS
ROMAN FOURTEEN
9Roman fourteen
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: X _ _. “Present value” crosses it at the third square.
XIV
-ccolo
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “ccolo” gives the answer. First letter: P.
PI
CATALOG OF THINGS
11Catalog of things
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
L _ _ _. Solving “Gun blast” first gives you its third letter.
LIST
OUTSIZE
12Outsize
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Outsize.
O
QUICKER THAN LATER
13Quicker than later
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ N _ _. Solving “THE ROLLING ______” first gives you its fourth letter.
SOONER
BURY
14Bury
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
I _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with “THE ROLLING ______”.
INTER
pil-
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “pil-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with O.
OT
OCT. FOLLOWER
16Oct. follower
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits N _ _. “DELI_ER” crosses it at the third square.
NOV
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
RUSH
17Rush
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with H. Check the third letter against “Appears to be”.
HIE
THE ROLLING ______
18THE ROLLING ______
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Which word finishes “THE ROLLING ______”? It fits S _ _ N _ _.
STONES
A BIT
19A bit
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
SOME
GUN BLAST
20Gun blast
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
S _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Quicker than later”.
SHOT
BODY MASS
21Body mass
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Body mass” to its initials.
BM
VALUE
22Value
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Shape: M _ _ I _. “Moral wrongs” crosses it at the fourth square.
MERIT
DOMICILES
23Domiciles
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with H. The fourth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
HOMES
TO A SURFACE
24To a surface
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
ONTO
PRACTICE
25Practice
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Shape: U _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the inside the grid.
USE
UNIQUE
26Unique
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Unique.
U
NOT ENOUGH
27Not enough
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
NE
MORAL WRONGS
28Moral wrongs
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Solving “Not enough” first gives you its third letter.
SINS
DELI_ER
29DELI_ER
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Rebuild the word in “DELI_ER” and enter only the missing part, starting with V.
V
six---n
30Total energy exchange
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“six---n”). What is left starts with T.
TEE
Crossword Challenge Level 1486 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1486 solved
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