Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2381 Clues and Answers
Puzzle 2381 of Crossword Challenge gives you 29 clues on a 8×10 board. Each one is listed below with a hint first and the answer second.
Short answers dominate here: 9 of 29 fit in one or two squares. 3 clues are pictures, and 2 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; 1 wants just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in, and 1 of it needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Made clear”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 2381: 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 “Made clear”. 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.
MADE CLEAR
1Made clear
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits E _ _ L _ _ N _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “Furious”.
EXPLAINED
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: A _ _. The third square is also part of “Predictive data analysis”.
AID
BETWEEN Q AND S
3Between q and s
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
The letter that sits between Q and S.
R
WYOMING POSTAL CODE
4Wyoming postal code
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Begins with W. Its second letter is shared with “Olden times”.
WY
LETTER BEFORE KAPPA
5Letter before kappa
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
I _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Cane's sound”.
IOTA
POLITE GESTURE
6Polite gesture
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with G. “Show emotion” crosses it at the fourth square.
GRACE
MONTH AFTER AUGUST
7Month after august
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: S _ _ T _ _ B _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Machine”.
SEPTEMBER
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
+s
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“+s”). What is left starts with E.
EARWIGS
ROMAN ELEVEN
9Roman eleven
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Shape: X _. Check the second letter against the picture clue in the top row.
XI
PREDICTIVE DATA ANALYSIS
10Predictive data analysis
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
PDA
CLOTHING SIZE
11Clothing size
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
One letter only. It is the standard short form for “Clothing size”.
L
HIGHEST POINT
12Highest point
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Field”.
APEX
FURIOUS
13Furious
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with I. Check the fourth letter against “Not extinct”.
IRATE
-trition
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “trition” gives the answer. First letter: N.
NU
CATCH
15Catch
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
E _ _ N _ _ E. Its fifth letter is shared with “Big slice of history”.
ENSNARE
BIT OF HEADWAY
16Bit of headway
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits D _ _ _. The third square is also part of “__ORE”.
DENT
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
OLDEN TIMES
17Olden times
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: Y _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Polite gesture”.
YORE
FIELD
18Field
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ _. Solving “Highest point” first gives you its third letter.
AREA
CANE'S SOUND
19Cane's sound
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
T _ _. Solving “Month after august” first gives you its third letter.
TAP
NOT EXTINCT
20Not extinct
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Fits E _ _ A _ _. “Dubai native” crosses it at the fourth square.
EXTANT
SHOW EMOTION
21Show emotion
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: R _ _ C _. Solving “Polite gesture” first gives you its fourth letter.
REACT
TRIM, AS A TOPIARY
22Trim, as a topiary
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ N _. Solving “Catch” first gives you its fourth letter.
PRUNE
EARLY ENGLISH
23Early english
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
EE
BIG SLICE OF HISTORY
24Big slice of history
Row 6, col 6 · 3 letters · down
E _ _. The third square is also part of “Catch”.
ERA
MACHINE
25Machine
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Machine starts with the answer.
M
ELBOW'S PLACE
26Elbow's place
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Fits A _ _. The third square is also part of “Male honorific”.
ARM
DUBAI NATIVE
27Dubai native
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with A. Solving “Elbow's place” first gives you its third letter.
ARAB
__ORE
28__ORE
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
“__ORE” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with S.
SN
MALE HONORIFIC
29Male honorific
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Starts with M; pattern M _. The second square is also part of “Month after august”.
MR
Crossword Challenge Level 2381 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2381 solved
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