Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1921 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 29 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1921, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Short answers dominate here: 9 of 29 fit in one or two squares. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 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 the picture clue in the top row.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1921: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Lifting up”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to the picture clue in the top row. 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: R _ _ D _ _ O _ _. Solving “Big in size” first gives you its sixth letter.
ROADBLOCK
– lamp
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“- lamp”). What is left starts with A.
ARC
INCENTIVE
3Incentive
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Incentive starts with the answer.
I
SPACE-TIME
4Space-time
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Space-time” to its initials.
ST
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: I _ _ _. Solving “Have” first gives you its third letter.
IRON
FULL OF REPORTS
6Full of reports
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with N. “Detect” crosses it at the fourth square.
NEWSY
BY AND LARGE
7By and large
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: G _ _ E _ _ L _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Art”.
GENERALLY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
LIFTING UP
8Lifting up
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits R _ _ S _ _ G. Its fifth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
RAISING
ONE RETRY
9One retry
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
OR
DO SOMETHING DRAMATIC
10Do something dramatic
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits A _ _. “Former russian ruler” crosses it at the third square.
ACT
AFTER C
11After c
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from C in the alphabet.
D
FIBER SOURCE
12Fiber source
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with B; pattern B _ _ _. “Former russian ruler” crosses it at the third square.
BRAN
BIG IN SIZE
13Big in size
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: L _ _ G _. Check the fourth letter against “Get involved”.
LARGE
p--ium
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “p--ium” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with O.
OD
SOLIDIFY
15Solidify
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits C _ _ G _ _ L. Check the fifth letter against “Female sheep”.
CONGEAL
IT'S USED FOR KICKS
16It's used for kicks
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with K. Its third letter is shared with “OFFLI__”.
KNEE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
FOREST UNIT
17Forest unit
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
T _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Full of reports”.
TREE
FORMER RUSSIAN RULER
18Former russian ruler
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Fits T _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Fiber source”.
TSAR
HAVE
19Have
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with O; pattern O _ _. The third square is also part of “By and large”.
OWN
GET INVOLVED
20Get involved
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Begins with E. The fourth square is also part of “No-show”.
ENGAGE
DETECT
21Detect
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits S _ _ S _. “Full of reports” crosses it at the fourth square.
SENSE
HARMFUL GAS
22Harmful gas
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ O _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Solidify”.
RADON
YEMENI RIYAL
23Yemeni riyal
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Yemeni riyal”.
YR
FEMALE SHEEP
24Female sheep
Row 6, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Shape: E _ _. Check the third letter against “Solidify”.
EWE
ART
25Art
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Art.
A
ACORN-BEARING TREE
26Acorn-bearing tree
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Fits O _ _. Check the third letter against “Key yield”.
OAK
NO-SHOW
27No-show
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits A _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Acorn-bearing tree”.
AWOL
OFFLI__
28OFFLI__
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “OFFLI__” go in the grid. First one: N.
NE
KEY YIELD
29Key yield
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
KY
Crossword Challenge Level 1921 Solved Grid
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