Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2027 Clues and Answers
Puzzle 2027 of Crossword Challenge gives you 29 clues on a 8×10 board. Each one is listed below with a hint first and the answer second.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 8 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 1 clue wants only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants 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 “Submarine viewer”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Logical puzzle”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Submarine viewer”. 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.
SUBMARINE VIEWER
1Submarine viewer
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with P. The sixth square is also part of “Academy student”.
PERISCOPE
"CERTAINLY, CAPTAIN!"
2"certainly, captain!"
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Fits A _ _. Check the third letter against “Decrease”.
AYE
CHANGE, AS THE DÉCOR
3Change, as the décor
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ _. “Decrease” crosses it at the third square.
REDO
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Look at the picture and fit it to A.
A
DUPLICITY
5Duplicity
Top row 5/7 · 6 letters · down
Fits D _ _ E _ _. Solving “Aria source” first gives you its fourth letter.
DECEIT
NOT HIDDEN
6Not hidden
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ R _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Aria source”.
OVERT
mi--r
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 2 letters · down
Picture word minus “mir” gives the answer. First letter: X.
XE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
LOGICAL PUZZLE
8Logical puzzle
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ A _ _ X. The fifth square is also part of “Duplicity”.
PARADOX
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to E _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Change, as the décor”.
EYE
DECREASE
10Decrease
Left column 3/9 · 6 letters · across
Shape: R _ _ U _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Distress”.
REDUCE
_NSECT
11_NSECT
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Rebuild the word in “_NSECT” and enter only the missing part, starting with I.
I
SINGAPORE
12Singapore
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Begins with S. Solving “Entire range” first gives you its second letter.
SG
ACADEMY STUDENT
13Academy student
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits C _ _ E _. “Distress” crosses it at the fourth square.
CADET
EXCLUDE
14Exclude
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
O _ _ _. Solving “Have a meal” first gives you its third letter.
OMIT
-ch
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-ch”). What is left starts with P.
PUN
NEVER-ENDING
16Never-ending
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits E _ _ R _ _ L. Check the fifth letter against “Down note”.
ETERNAL
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
FIRST WOMAN
17First woman
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
E _ _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
EVE
DISTRESS
18Distress
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
U _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Academy student”.
UPSET
FROM ABOVE
19From above
Row 4, col 8 · 6 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ I _ _. “AL__GHT” crosses it at the fourth square.
AERIAL
ARIA SOURCE
20Aria source
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: O _ _ R _. The fourth square is also part of “Not hidden”.
OPERA
ENTIRE RANGE
21Entire range
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Shape: G _ _ U _. The fourth square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
GAMUT
WEB LOCATION
22Web location
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Not hidden”.
SITE
HAVE A MEAL
23Have a meal
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
DINE
ACTO_
24ACTO_
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only the hidden letters of “ACTO_” go in the grid. First one: R.
R
CELL STUFF
25Cell stuff
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with R. Check the third letter against “Never-ending”.
RNA
AL__GHT
26AL__GHT
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “AL__GHT” and enter only the missing part, starting with R.
RI
DOWN NOTE
27Down note
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
DN
CHAIN OF LIFE?
28Chain of life?
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits D _ _. Its third letter is shared with “From above”.
DNA
RAINBOW
29Rainbow
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Rainbow.
R
Crossword Challenge Level 2027 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2027 solved
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