Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1581 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1581 is an 8×10 board with 32 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
10 of the 32 answers are one or two letters long. 5 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 1 clue wants only the initials of the clue words; 4 want just the first letter of a single word; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Moral manner”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Blockade”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Moral manner”, 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.
MORAL MANNER
1Moral manner
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with E. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the sixth square.
ETHICALLY
COW'S SOUND
2Cow's sound
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Fits M _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
MOO
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 8 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: B _ _ K _ _ S _. The fifth square is also part of “Desert plant”.
BOOKCASE
ABACUS
4Abacus
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Abacus starts with the answer.
A
fjo-
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
Picture word minus “fjo” gives the answer. First letter: R.
RD
TONIC PARTNER
6Tonic partner
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with G. “New england” crosses it at the third square.
GIN
OIL GRP.
7Oil grp.
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits O _ _ _. The third square is also part of “New england”.
OPEC
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
BLOCKADE
8Blockade
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: E _ _ A _ _ O. Check the fifth letter against the picture clue in the top row.
EMBARGO
ALSO
9Also
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with T. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
TOO
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: H _ _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
HOOP
ICEAGE
11Iceage
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Iceage.
I
DESERT PLANT
12Desert plant
Left column 5/9 · 6 letters · across
C _ _ T _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Hole”.
CACTUS
imp-
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 3 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“imp-”). What is left starts with A.
ALA
FOR FEAR THAT
14For fear that
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
L _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
LEST
AFTER K
15After k
Left column 8/9 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right after K.
L
YOUR
16Your
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Y _. The second square is also part of “Runway”.
YR
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
DUNK
17Dunk
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits D _ _. Check the third letter against “Oil grp.”.
DIP
HOLE
18Hole
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · down
P _ _. “Desert plant” crosses it at the third square.
PIT
NEW ENGLAND
19New england
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “New england” to its initials.
NE
HARD SEED
20Hard seed
Row 4, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Shape: N _ _. Solving “Table leaving” first gives you its third letter.
NUT
BLOOD RELATIVE
21Blood relative
Row 5, col 3 · 3 letters · across
Starts with K; pattern K _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Hard seed”.
KIN
AMERICAN PALE ___
22AMERICAN PALE ___
Row 5, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Which word finishes “AMERICAN PALE ___”? It fits A _ _.
ALE
CALCULUS
23Calculus
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Calculus starts with the answer.
C
WARNING WAIL
24Warning wail
Row 5, col 7 · 5 letters · down
Fits S _ _ E _. Solving “Sea duck” first gives you its fourth letter.
SIREN
BRISK AND LIVELY
25Brisk and lively
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Shape: P _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Sea duck”.
PERT
TABLE LEAVING
26Table leaving
Row 7, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits T _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Brisk and lively”.
TIP
WORD BEFORE TAC TOE
27Word before tac toe
Row 7, col 5 · 3 letters · down
Begins with T. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the inside the grid.
TIC
DAYCA__
28DAYCA__
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “DAYCA__” and enter only the missing part, starting with R.
RE
A__PTION
29A__PTION
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “A__PTION” go in the grid. First one: D.
DO
SEA DUCK
30Sea duck
Row 9, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Warning wail”.
EIDER
RUNWAY
31Runway
Row 9, col 3 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Runway.
R
-ainer
32____AINER
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Picture word minus “ainer” gives the answer. First letter: C.
CONT
Crossword Challenge Level 1581 Solved Grid
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