Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2136 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2136 is an 8×10 board with 29 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
8 of the 29 answers are one or two letters long. 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; 2 want 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 “Official procedures”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to the picture clue in the left column, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Official procedures”, 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.
OFFICIAL PROCEDURES
1Official procedures
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with P. Solving “Digestion part” first gives you its sixth letter.
PROTOCOLS
HARMONIC ANALYSIS PROCESS
2Harmonic analysis process
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
HAP
BYPASS
3Bypass
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Sedative”.
OMIT
COMMON VOWEL
4Common vowel
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
One letter only. It is the standard short form for “Common vowel”.
E
CONCEPT
5Concept
Top row 5/7 · 6 letters · down
N _ _ I _ _. “Three-note chord” crosses it at the fourth square.
NOTION
GOAL
6Goal
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Fits I _ _ A _. “Three-note chord” crosses it at the fourth square.
IDEAL
a-
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 2 letters · down
The image carries “a-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with X.
XE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: P _ _ E _ _ X. Check the fifth letter against “Concept”.
PHOENIX
ANIMAL THAT SYMBOLIZES ARIES
9Animal that symbolizes aries
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _. Check the third letter against “Bypass”.
RAM
SEDATIVE
10Sedative
Left column 3/9 · 6 letters · across
Fits O _ _ A _ _. “Passion” crosses it at the fourth square.
OPIATE
THAT
11That
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of That, nothing more.
T
ORBITAL MECHANICS
12Orbital mechanics
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Orbital mechanics” to its initials.
OM
13Digestion part
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Both the picture and the text “DIGESTION PART” point to the same word. It begins with C.
COLON
ACROSS THE TOP
14Across the top
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: O _ _ _. “Sly look” crosses it at the third square.
OVER
15Untrue claim
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Use the text “UNTRUE CLAIM” if the picture is unclear. First letter L.
LIE
CUSTOMER HELP
16Customer help
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ V _ _ E. Solving “OUT__T” first gives you its fifth letter.
SERVICE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
OLD POEM
17Old poem
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
O _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
ODE
PASSION
18Passion
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ O _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Digestion part”.
ARDOR
WANT STRONGLY
19Want strongly
Row 4, col 8 · 6 letters · down
D _ _ I _ _. The fourth square is also part of “MELO__C”.
DESIRE
THREE-NOTE CHORD
20Three-note chord
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ A _. The fourth square is also part of “Goal”.
TRIAD
PICTURE
21Picture
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Starts with M; pattern M _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “Untrue claim”.
MOVIE
HANDOUT
22Handout
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with D. Solving “Goal” first gives you its third letter.
DOLE
SLY LOOK
23Sly look
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
L _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Untrue claim”.
LEER
_PAGHETTI
24_PAGHETTI
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only the hidden letters of “_PAGHETTI” go in the grid. First one: S.
S
ONE OF THE SEVEN DWARFS
25One of the seven dwarfs
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
D _ _. The third square is also part of “Customer help”.
DOC
MELO__C
26MELO__C
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “MELO__C” go in the grid. First one: D.
DI
OUT__T
27OUT__T
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
“OUT__T” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with F.
FI
IN FAVOR OF
28In favor of
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with F; pattern F _ _. “Want strongly” crosses it at the third square.
FOR
VOICE
29Voice
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Voice.
V
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