Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2331 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2331 is an 8×10 board with 32 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 12 of them only one or two letters. 3 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask 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; 5 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Olden times”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Fast-drying paint”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Olden times”. 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.
OLDEN TIMES
1Olden times
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ I _ _ I _ _. Solving “Before v” first gives you its sixth letter.
ANTIQUITY
PLACE TO TAKE A SUIT
2Place to take a suit
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
C _ _ R _. Solving “Its capital is tehran” first gives you its fourth letter.
COURT
REVIVE METER
3Revive meter
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
RM
AFTER X
4After x
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from X in the alphabet.
Y
-p
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “-p” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with L.
LAM
UNAFFECTED BY VIRUS
6Unaffected by virus
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Shape: I _ _ U _ _. Solving “United states” first gives you its fourth letter.
IMMUNE
STOP DOING
7Stop doing
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ S _. The fourth square is also part of “United states”.
CEASE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
FAST-DRYING PAINT
8Fast-drying paint
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ Y _ _ C. The fifth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
ACRYLIC
eco---y
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
The image carries “eco---y”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with N.
NOM
GRATI__DE
10GRATI__DE
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “GRATI__DE” go in the grid. First one: T.
TU
ITS CAPITAL IS TEHRAN
11Its capital is tehran
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
I _ _ _. Check the third letter against “_BSURD”.
IRAN
QUICKTIME
12Quicktime
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Q _. Solving “Place to take a suit” first gives you its second letter.
QT
BEFORE V
13Before v
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to V; the answer is its previous letter.
U
PHOTO
14Photo
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: I _ _ G _. Solving “Get involved” first gives you its fourth letter.
IMAGE
direc--r
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“direc--r”). What is left starts with T.
TO
"FOR SURE"
16"for sure"
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with Y. Check the third letter against “Sharp”.
YES
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
FRENCH SOUL
17French soul
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: A _ _. “Stop doing” crosses it at the third square.
AME
GET INVOLVED
18Get involved
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Begins with E. Check the fourth letter against “Corrida wear”.
ENGAGE
ACTRESS STONE OF "BIRDMAN"
19Actress stone of "birdman"
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits E _ _ _. “Unaffected by virus” crosses it at the third square.
EMMA
_BSURD
20_BSURD
Row 4, col 4 · 1 letter · down
“_BSURD” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with A.
A
UNITED STATES
21United states
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
US
ARIA SOURCE
22Aria source
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Fits O _ _ R _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Canal to buffalo”.
OPERA
"GOING, GOING, ___!"
23"GOING, GOING, ___!"
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Complete the phrase “GOING, GOING, ___!”. Shape: G _ _ _.
GONE
CALIFORNIA
24California
Row 6, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Begins with C. The second square is also part of “Photo”.
CA
CORRIDA WEAR
25Corrida wear
Row 7, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Aria source”.
CAPE
BASEBALL'S BERG
26Baseball's berg
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Fits M _ _. Solving “For sure” first gives you its third letter.
MOE
CONNECTED WITH
27Connected with
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Starts with M; pattern M _ _. Solving “___-ROCK (MUSIC GENRE)” first gives you its third letter.
MET
MASS
28Mass
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Mass.
M
SA__BOAT
29SA__BOAT
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “SA__BOAT” go in the grid. First one: I.
IL
CANAL TO BUFFALO
30Canal to buffalo
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: E _ _ _. “SA__BOAT” crosses it at the third square.
ERIE
SHARP
31Sharp
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Sharp starts with the answer.
S
___-ROCK (MUSIC GENRE)
32___-ROCK (MUSIC GENRE)
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Say “___-ROCK (MUSIC GENRE)” out loud and the blank fills itself: A _ _.
ALT
Crossword Challenge Level 2331 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2331 solved
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