Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2341 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2341 is an 8×10 board with 33 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
15 of the 33 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 4 want just the first letter of a single word; 4 clues are fill-ins, and 4 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Change agents”.
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 “Change agents”, 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.
CHANGE AGENTS
1Change agents
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with C. The sixth square is also part of “Bark”.
CATALYSTS
HAZARD X
2Hazard x
Top row 2/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
HX
SADLY SAID
3Sadly said
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ _. Solving “Variance analysis” first gives you its third letter.
ALAS
BEGIN AGAIN
4Begin again
Top row 4/7 · 5 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Altar site”.
RENEW
AFTER K
5After k
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to K; the answer is its next letter.
L
ASK TO COME
6Ask to come
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Shape: I _ _ I _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Input method”.
INVITE
7Academic test
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Picture plus words: “ACADEMIC TEST”. The answer opens with E.
EXAM
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
– chaplin
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“- chaplin”). What is left starts with C.
CHARLIE
AUTO SHAFT
9Auto shaft
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Sadly said”.
AXLE
BETWEEN 'S' AND 'U'
10Between 's' and 'u'
Left column 3/9 · 1 letter · across
A single letter or symbol answers “Between 's' and 'u'”.
T
ALTAR SITE
11Altar site
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits A _ _ _. “Sadly said” crosses it at the third square.
APSE
LEARNING RATE
12Learning rate
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Learning rate” to its initials.
LR
BARK
13Bark
Left column 6/9 · 3 letters · across
Y _ _. Solving “HO__LESS” first gives you its third letter.
YIP
SLANDER
14Slander
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: S _ _ A _. Its fourth letter is shared with “C___ION”.
SMEAR
-ngent
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “ngent” gives the answer. First letter: T.
TA
MOVE LIKE A SNAKE
16Move like a snake
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with S. Solving “Hey” first gives you its fifth letter.
SLITHER
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
A__IOUS
17A__IOUS
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“A__IOUS” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with N.
NX
OWN
18Own
Row 3, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Own.
O
VARIANCE ANALYSIS
19Variance analysis
Row 4, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ V _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Ask to come”.
ANOVA
ELEMENTAL
20Elemental
Row 4, col 3 · 6 letters · down
Fits P _ _ M _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Slander”.
PRIMAL
INPUT METHOD
21Input method
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Input method”.
IM
DO THE WRONG THING
22Do the wrong thing
Row 5, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Begins with E. Check the third letter against “Slander”.
ERR
BEFORE TOWELING OFF
23Before toweling off
Row 6, col 4 · 3 letters · across
W _ _. The third square is also part of “Ask to come”.
WET
HO__LESS
24HO__LESS
Row 6, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “HO__LESS” and enter only the missing part, starting with P.
PE
25Dread
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Picture plus words: “DREAD”. The answer opens with F.
FEAR
B-BALL OFFICIAL
26B-ball official
Row 7, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _. Solving “Dread” first gives you its third letter.
REF
C___ION
27C___ION
Row 7, col 5 · 3 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “C___ION” and enter only the missing part, starting with A.
APT
COMMON VOWEL
28Common vowel
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
A single letter or symbol answers “Common vowel”.
E
RECO__R
29RECO__R
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Fill the gap in “RECO__R”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with V.
VE
PICTURE
30Picture
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Picture, nothing more.
P
ISLE
31Isle
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Isle.
I
VIRGINIA
32Virginia
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Begins with V. The second square is also part of “Dread”.
VA
HEY
33Hey
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Hey.
H
Crossword Challenge Level 2341 Solved Grid
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