Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1683 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 31 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1683, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 14 of them only one or two letters. 3 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Fortune teller”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1683: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Lying under oath”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Fortune teller”. 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.
FORTUNE TELLER
1Fortune teller
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits P _ _ D _ _ T _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Present time”.
PREDICTOR
ENERGY HEAL
2Energy heal
Top row 2/7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Energy heal” to its initials.
EH
PAPER PACK
3Paper pack
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Once more”.
REAM
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 6 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits J _ _ U _ _. “Politely refuse” crosses it at the fourth square.
JAGUAR
AFTER T
5After t
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after T.
U
RUNS BATTED IN
6Runs batted in
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
RBI
PULL HARD
7Pull hard
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Y _ _ _. “Once more” crosses it at the third square.
YANK
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
LYING UNDER OATH
8Lying under oath
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with P. Its fifth letter is shared with “After t”.
PERJURY
OSTRICH RELATIVE
9Ostrich relative
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits R _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Paper pack”.
RHEA
ELIXIR
10Elixir
Left column 3/9 · 1 letter · across
Elixir starts with the answer.
E
POLITELY REFUSE
11Politely refuse
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with D. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
DEMUR
COGNITIVE SKILL SCORE
12Cognitive skill score
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
I _. Solving “Make equal” first gives you its second letter.
IQ
PRESENT TIME
13Present time
Left column 6/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: C _ _ R _ _ T. Solving “Behind on payments, after "in” first gives you its fifth letter.
CURRENT
s---ium
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“s---ium”). What is left starts with T.
TAD
OFF TOPIC
15Off topic
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
OT
RELEASE AGAIN
16Release again
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits R _ _ S _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “Behind on payments, after "in”.
REISSUE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
__RCODE
17__RCODE
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “__RCODE”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with B.
BA
BEHIND ON PAYMENTS, AFTER "IN"
18Behind on payments, after "in"
Row 3, col 6 · 7 letters · down
Begins with A. Solving “B_CKUP” first gives you its fifth letter.
ARREARS
ONCE MORE
19Once more
Row 4, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits A _ _ I _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Runs batted in”.
AGAIN
MAKE EQUAL
20Make equal
Row 4, col 3 · 6 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ A _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
EQUATE
CRIC_ET
21CRIC_ET
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only the hidden letters of “CRIC_ET” go in the grid. First one: K.
K
TONIGHT
22Tonight
Row 5, col 7 · 2 letters · down
T _. “Present time” crosses it at the second square.
TN
DESIGNER'S MAJOR
23Designer's major
Row 6, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. Solving “Tonight” first gives you its third letter.
ART
ROAD ABBR.
24Road abbr.
Row 6, col 4 · 2 letters · down
R _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the second square.
RD
25Straw, basically
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Both the picture and the text “STRAW, BASICALLY” point to the same word. It begins with T.
TUBE
B_CKUP
26B_CKUP
Row 8, col 5 · 1 letter · across
“B_CKUP” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with A.
A
LIKE THIS
27Like this
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _. Solving “Release again” first gives you its second letter.
AS
USE
28Use
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Use starts with the answer.
U
GOLD SYMBOL
29Gold symbol
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Shape: A _. Its second letter is shared with “Release again”.
AU
NATIVE SAUDI
30Native saudi
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. Solving “Gold symbol” first gives you its third letter.
ARAB
ICE
31Ice
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Ice.
I
Crossword Challenge Level 1683 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1683 solved
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