Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1663 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1663 is an 8×10 board with 32 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 10 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 2 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 4 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Able to predict the future”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1663: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to the picture clue in the left column. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Able to predict the future”. 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.
ABLE TO PREDICT THE FUTURE
1Able to predict the future
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: P _ _ S _ _ E _ _. Check the sixth letter against “+ or – particle”.
PRESCIENT
KID'S SEAT ON SANTA
2Kid's seat on santa
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with L; pattern L _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Elite pass”.
LAP
-enda
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “-enda” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with A.
AG
AFTER X
4After x
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after X.
Y
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 8 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to P _ _ R _ _ C _. Check the fifth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
PHARMACY
COIN WITH 12 STARS ON IT
6Coin with 12 stars on it
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits E _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Sour pastry”.
EURO
ACROBAT'S SAFE-GUARD
7Acrobat's safe-guard
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Fits N _ _. “Sour pastry” crosses it at the third square.
NET
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to P _ _ Y _ _ N. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the fifth square.
PLAYPEN
TATTERED CLOTH
9Tattered cloth
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with R. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
RAG
ELITE PASS
10Elite pass
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Elite pass”.
EP
AFTER R
11 after r
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to R; the answer is its next letter.
S
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: C _ _ A _. Check the fourth letter against “Beverage leaf”.
CREAM
+ OR – PARTICLE
13+ or – particle
Left column 6/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: I _ _. Check the third letter against “Chick's mother”.
ION
SYMM__RY
14SYMM__RY
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “SYMM__RY”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with E.
ET
BEFORE O
15Before o
Left column 8/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter back from O in the alphabet.
N
CREW
16Crew
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
T _ _ _. Solving “Double a” first gives you its third letter.
TEAM
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
COLOR PROPERTY
17Color property
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits H _ _. Check the third letter against “Acrobat's safe-guard”.
HUE
BEVERAGE LEAF
18Beverage leaf
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · down
Starts with T; pattern T _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
TEA
SOUR PASTRY
19Sour pastry
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
T _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Coin with 12 stars on it”.
TART
CHICK'S MOTHER
20Chick's mother
Row 4, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Fits H _ _. The third square is also part of “+ or – particle”.
HEN
SAVIOR
21Savior
Row 5, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Begins with H. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
HERO
SPOIL
22Spoil
Row 5, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Fits R _ _. Its third letter is shared with “SYMM__RY”.
ROT
ITSY-BITSY
23Itsy-bitsy
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Fits T _ _ N _. Its fourth letter is shared with “INDO-___ LANGUAGES”.
TEENY
_ODAY
24_ODAY
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only the hidden letters of “_ODAY” go in the grid. First one: T.
T
RODENT'S ACTION
25Rodent's action
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
G _ _ _. The third square is also part of “INDO-___ LANGUAGES”.
GNAW
ADD YEARS
26Add years
Row 7, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits A _ _. Check the third letter against “Itsy-bitsy”.
AGE
ELBOW'S PLACE
27Elbow's place
Row 7, col 5 · 3 letters · down
A _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Crew”.
ARM
FACIAL BLEMISH
28Facial blemish
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with A. Its third letter is shared with “Rodent's action”.
ACNE
DOUBLE A
29Double a
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Shape: A _. The second square is also part of “Crew”.
AA
INDO-___ LANGUAGES
30INDO-___ LANGUAGES
Row 9, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Complete the phrase “INDO-___ LANGUAGES”. Shape: A _ _ A _.
ARYAN
SHAK_
31SHAK_
Row 9, col 3 · 1 letter · down
Fill the gap in “SHAK_”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with E.
E
WORK YEAR
32Work year
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
WY
Crossword Challenge Level 1663 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1663 solved
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