Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1500 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1500, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
12 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 6 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 want just the first letter of a single word. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Chemical mixtures”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Bring together”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Chemical mixtures”, 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.
CHEMICAL MIXTURES
1Chemical mixtures
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ P _ _ N _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Before v”.
COMPOUNDS
ORGANIZATION ABBR
2Organization abbr
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with O; pattern O _ _. “Major general” crosses it at the third square.
ORG
-caron
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-caron”). What is left starts with M.
MA
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 6 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: B _ _ Z _ _. Solving “Energy zone” first gives you its fourth letter.
BLAZER
ILL
5Ill
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Ill.
I
BASIC NEED
6Basic need
Top row 6/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with N; pattern N _ _ E _ _ I _ _. Solving “Pasture plant” first gives you its sixth letter.
NECESSITY
RESOUND
7Resound
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits E _ _ _. “Bridge support” crosses it at the third square.
ECHO
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
BRING TOGETHER
8Bring together
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with C. Solving “Ill” first gives you its fifth letter.
COMBINE
EXAM FORMAT
9Exam format
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits O _ _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
ORAL
MAJOR GENERAL
10Major general
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
MG
AFTER O
11 after o
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to O; the answer is its next letter.
P
COMMANDS
12Commands
Left column 5/9 · 6 letters · across
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ E _ _. The fourth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
ORDERS
BEFORE V
13Before v
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right before V.
U
NEW YEAR'S EVE
14New year's eve
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
NYE
IN SPITE OF
15In spite of
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ P _ _ E. Solving “Division result” first gives you its fifth letter.
DESPITE
-age
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
The image carries “-age”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with S.
ST
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
EAST COAST
17East coast
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “East coast” to its initials.
EC
RAM
18Ram
Row 3, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Ram.
R
BRIDGE SUPPORT
19Bridge support
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. Solving “Basic need” first gives you its third letter.
ARCH
BORDERS
20Borders
Row 4, col 4 · 5 letters · down
Begins with E. “New year's eve” crosses it at the fourth square.
EDGES
ENERGY ZONE
21Energy zone
Row 5, col 3 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
EZ
RECEPTOR
22Receptor
Row 5, col 3 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Receptor.
R
EARTH ORBIT
23Earth orbit
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
EO
DIVISION RESULT
24Division result
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
R _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “In spite of”.
RATIO
OBSERVES
25Observes
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Fits S _ _ _. Check the third letter against “In spite of”.
SEES
PASTURE PLANT
26Pasture plant
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with G; pattern G _ _ S _. Solving “Basic need” first gives you its fourth letter.
GRASS
UNTIL NOW
27Until now
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Begins with Y. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
YET
EVEN SCORE
28Even score
Row 8, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _. The third square is also part of “Observes”.
TIE
PERSONAL TRAINER
29Personal trainer
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
PT
30Child's closetful
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Picture plus words: “CHILD'S CLOSETFUL”. The answer opens with T.
TOYS
Crossword Challenge Level 1500 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1500 solved
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