Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2089 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 32 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2089, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Short answers dominate here: 12 of 32 fit in one or two squares. 4 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 2 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 6 clues are fill-ins, and 5 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Kitchen woodwork”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 2089: 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 “Kitchen woodwork”. 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.
KITCHEN WOODWORK
1Kitchen woodwork
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with C. Its sixth letter is shared with “After d”.
CABINETRY
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with R. The fourth square is also part of “Salt topic”.
ROACH
ACTIVATION KINETICS
3Activation kinetics
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Activation kinetics”.
AK
AFTER B
4After b
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to B; the answer is its next letter.
C
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: K _ _. “Break off” crosses it at the third square.
KIT
DEVELOP OVER TIME
6Develop over time
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Begins with E. Solving “LUL__BY” first gives you its fourth letter.
EVOLVE
SETTLE A DEBT
7Settle a debt
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: R _ _ A _. “LUL__BY” crosses it at the fourth square.
REPAY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. C _ _ C _ _ R. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fifth letter.
CRACKER
FINE, SLANGILY
9Fine, slangily
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
A _ _. “Activation kinetics” crosses it at the third square.
AOK
-ttery
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “ttery” gives the answer. First letter: B.
BA
SALT TOPIC
11Salt topic
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with I. The third square is also part of “Bit”.
ICBM
NURSING HOME
12Nursing home
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
NH
AFTER D
13After d
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from D in the alphabet.
E
COIN FLIP SIDE
14Coin flip side
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits T _ _ L _. Check the fourth letter against “Stinky”.
TAILS
CAMPER VAN
15Camper van
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Fits R _. “BR___LY” crosses it at the second square.
RV
UNTIL NOW
16Until now
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with Y. “Tactful” crosses it at the third square.
YET
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
SURV___
17SURV___
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fill the gap in “SURV___”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with I.
IVE
STINKY
18Stinky
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ L _ _. Solving “__ GIN FIZZ” first gives you its fourth letter.
SMELLY
BREAK OFF
19Break off
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: S _ _ _. “Develop over time” crosses it at the third square.
STOP
BIT
20Bit
Row 4, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Bit starts with the answer.
B
LUL__BY
21LUL__BY
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “LUL__BY”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with L.
LA
LIKE A BUTTINSKY
22Like a buttinsky
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
N _ _ E _. “Shout” crosses it at the fourth square.
NOSEY
JEALOUS FEELING
23Jealous feeling
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Develop over time”.
ENVY
INVA__ON
24INVA__ON
Row 6, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “INVA__ON” and enter only the missing part, starting with S.
SI
__ GIN FIZZ
25__ GIN FIZZ
Row 7, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Say “__ GIN FIZZ” out loud and the blank fills itself: S _ _ _.
SLOE
BR___LY
26BR___LY
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
“BR___LY” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with A.
AVE
VIRUS OUTBREAK
27Virus outbreak
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Fits F _ _. The third square is also part of “This puzzle's solver”.
FLU
FOREVER
28Forever
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Forever starts with the answer.
F
BUFFA__
29BUFFA__
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Fill the gap in “BUFFA__”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with L.
LO
SHOUT
30Shout
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Y _ _ _. The third square is also part of “BUFFA__”.
YELL
TACTFUL
31Tactful
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Tactful.
T
THIS PUZZLE'S SOLVER
32This puzzle's solver
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits Y _ _. Check the third letter against “Virus outbreak”.
YOU
Crossword Challenge Level 2089 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2089 solved
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