Crossword Challenge Puzzle 20 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 20 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 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; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Male sibling”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to the picture clue in the top row. Solve one of those two and every edge clue starts with a known letter.
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
Look at the picture and fit it to B _ _ L _ _ I _ _. “Come back” crosses it at the sixth square.
BALLERINA
GETTING UP
2Getting up
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ _. Solving “Local server” first gives you its third letter.
RISE
r-
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “r-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with O.
OD
AFTER S
4After s
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to S; the answer is its next letter.
T
GREETING WORD
5Greeting word
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
H _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Vision organs”.
HEY
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: E _ _ V _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Vendor key”.
ELEVEN
DANGERS
7Dangers
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
R _ _ K _. Solving “Vendor key” first gives you its fourth letter.
RISKS
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
MALE SIBLING
8Male sibling
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: B _ _ T _ _ R. Solving “Greeting word” first gives you its fifth letter.
BROTHER
A HELPING HAND
9A helping hand
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits A _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
AID
LOCAL SERVER
10Local server
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Local server” to its initials.
LS
LOW-FAT
11Low-fat
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ _. “__ _ FOOL (BE SILLY)” crosses it at the third square.
LEAN
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Name the object in the picture. E.
E
COME BACK
13Come back
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Fits R _ _ U _ _. “Not too few” crosses it at the fourth square.
RETURN
PHOTO
14Photo
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: I _ _ G _. “Not too few” crosses it at the fourth square.
IMAGE
NAUTICAL MILE
15Nautical mile
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
NM
TRIPLE A
16Triple a
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _. Solving “Actor” first gives you its third letter.
AAA
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
D___CIOUS
17D___CIOUS
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fill the gap in “D___CIOUS”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with E.
ELI
NOT TOO FEW
18Not too few
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
E _ _ U _ _. Solving “Come back” first gives you its fourth letter.
ENOUGH
VISION ORGANS
19Vision organs
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits E _ _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
EYES
__ _ FOOL (BE SILLY)
20__ _ FOOL (BE SILLY)
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Complete the phrase “__ _ FOOL (BE SILLY)”. Shape: A _ _ _.
ACTA
VENDOR KEY
21Vendor key
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Vendor key” to its initials.
VK
SLEEP IMAGERY
22Sleep imagery
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Begins with D. The fourth square is also part of “Bird of prey”.
DREAM
SYSTEMS OF RULES
23Systems of rules
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
C _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
CODES
ACTRESS STONE
24Actress stone
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Fits E _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Nautical mile”.
EMMA
CLOUD LOCALE
25Cloud locale
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Fits S _ _. Solving “Before june” first gives you its third letter.
SKY
SAD
26Sad
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Sad.
S
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
27Western australia
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
WA
BIRD OF PREY
28Bird of prey
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
H _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Western australia”.
HAWK
ACTOR
29Actor
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Actor.
A
BEFORE JUNE
30Before june
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits M _ _. Solving “Cloud locale” first gives you its third letter.
MAY
Crossword Challenge Level 20 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 20 solved
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