Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2122 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2122 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Short answers dominate here: 11 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 3 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; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Heavenly”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Behave”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Heavenly”, read top to bottom.
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.
HEAVENLY
1Heavenly
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: C _ _ E _ _ I _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “CHEA_”.
CELESTIAL
HEART OR LUNG
2Heart or lung
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
O _ _ A _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Like child's play”.
ORGAN
MALE HONORIFIC
3Male honorific
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Fits M _. Solving “Faulty result” first gives you its second letter.
MR
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 8 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits P _ _ Y _ _ I _. The fifth square is also part of “Rubber wheel”.
PONYTAIL
DIVISIONS OF A KRONE
5Divisions of a krone
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with O. Its third letter is shared with “Tidy”.
ORE
CHEE_
6CHEE_
Top row 6/7 · 1 letter · down
Fill the gap in “CHEE_”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with R.
R
BOOK NAME
7Book name
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: T _ _ L _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Response latency”.
TITLE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
BEHAVE
8Behave
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits C _ _ P _ _ T. “Divisions of a krone” crosses it at the fifth square.
COMPORT
FAULTY RESULT
9Faulty result
Left column 2/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ O _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fourth letter.
ERROR
LOGIC GATE
10Logic gate
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
LG
LIKE CHILD'S PLAY
11Like child's play
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits E _ _ _. “Say” crosses it at the third square.
EASY
-owdrop
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “owdrop” gives the answer. First letter: S.
SN
CHEA_
13CHEA_
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Rebuild the word in “CHEA_” and enter only the missing part, starting with T.
T
ILLEGAL
14Illegal
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits I _ _ I _ _ T. Its fifth letter is shared with “Take on, as debt”.
ILLICIT
ASSISTED INPUT
15Assisted input
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
AI
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. L _ _. Check the third letter against “Gaelic”.
LEG
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ION
17Ion
Row 3, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Ion.
I
CHARGE FORMALLY
18Charge formally
Row 3, col 7 · 7 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ A _ _ N. Check the fifth letter against “Illegal”.
ARRAIGN
TIDY
19Tidy
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: N _ _ _. “Charge formally” crosses it at the third square.
NEAT
SAY
20Say
Row 4, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Say, nothing more.
S
RESPONSE LATENCY
21Response latency
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
RL
TAKE ON, AS DEBT
22Take on, as debt
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ U _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Olympic sled”.
INCUR
RUBBER WHEEL
23Rubber wheel
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with T. Solving “Charge formally” first gives you its third letter.
TIRE
NETHER-LANDS
24Nether-lands
Row 6, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Nether-lands” to its initials.
NL
GRANDMA, INFORMALLY
25Grandma, informally
Row 7, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Shape: N _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Take on, as debt”.
NANA
UNTRUTH
26Untruth
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Shape: L _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
LIE
AFTER-DINNER DRINK
27After-dinner drink
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Fits T _ _. The third square is also part of “Genetic messenger”.
TEA
OLYMPIC SLED
28Olympic sled
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Charge formally”.
LUGE
GAELIC
29Gaelic
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Gaelic, nothing more.
G
GENETIC MESSENGER
30Genetic messenger
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _. Solving “After-dinner drink” first gives you its third letter.
RNA
Crossword Challenge Level 2122 Solved Grid
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