Crossword Challenge Puzzle 18 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 18 is an 8×10 board with 29 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 10 of them only one or two letters. 5 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask 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; 1 clue is a fill-in, and 1 of it needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Not manual”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 18: 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 “Not manual”. 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.
NOT MANUAL
1Not manual
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ O _ _ T _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “Car”.
AUTOMATIC
-dle
2Needle
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-dle”). What is left starts with N.
NEE
DESKTOP
3Desktop
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Desktop, nothing more.
D
awa-
44
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“awa-”). What is left starts with R.
RD
DESERT HAVENS (PLURAL)
5Desert havens (plural)
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
O _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Used up”.
OASES
66
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to I _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Morse mayday”.
IRON
WARSHIP TYPE
7Warship type
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
D _ _ T _ _ Y _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “Start moving”.
DESTROYER
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
88
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to A _ _ R _ _ D. Its fifth letter is shared with “Desert havens (plural)”.
ANDROID
UNDER EFFECT
9Under effect
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Under effect”.
UE
1010
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. T _ _. The third square is also part of “Support role”.
TEA
OPINION
11Opinion
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Opinion starts with the answer.
O
EXODUS LEADER
12Exodus leader
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with M. “Human beings” crosses it at the fourth square.
MOSES
CAR
13Car
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits A _ _ _. Solving “Support role” first gives you its third letter.
AUTO
TRAIN TRACK
14Train track
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Train track”.
TT
PUT ON PEDESTAL
15Put on pedestal
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with I. Its fifth letter is shared with “__VER”.
IDOLIZE
EARTH'S INTERIOR
16Earth's interior
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
C _ _ _. “Either” crosses it at the third square.
CORE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
BRAVE ACTION
17Brave action
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
D _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
DARE
SUPPORT ROLE
18Support role
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
A _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Exodus leader”.
ASST
MORSE MAYDAY
19Morse mayday
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _. Check the third letter against “Warship type”.
SOS
HUMAN BEINGS
20Human beings
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ P _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Talk to god”.
PEOPLE
USED UP
21Used up
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits S _ _ N _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the fourth square.
SPENT
SURPASS
22Surpass
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ D _. Check the fourth letter against “Put on pedestal”.
OUTDO
RUSTLE
23Rustle
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Rustle, nothing more.
R
LOOK
24Look
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with G; pattern G _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Put on pedestal”.
GAZE
START MOVING
25Start moving
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fits G _. Its second letter is shared with “Warship type”.
GO
__VER
26__VER
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “__VER” go in the grid. First one: R.
RI
TALK TO GOD
27Talk to god
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits P _ _ _. “Look” crosses it at the third square.
PRAY
EITHER
28Either
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Fits O _. “Earth's interior” crosses it at the second square.
OR
EXIT ROUTE
29Exit route
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
ER
Crossword Challenge Level 18 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 18 solved
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