Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2468 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2468 is an 8×10 board with 31 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
11 of the 31 answers are one or two letters long. 5 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 1 clue wants only the initials of the clue words; 2 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 “Take on”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Rapid increase”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Take on”, 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.
TAKE ON
1Take on
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with U; pattern U _ _ E _ _ A _ _. Check the sixth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
UNDERTAKE
DESSERT DISH
2Dessert dish
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Fits P _ _. Solving “River mouth” first gives you its third letter.
PIE
AFTER R
3 after r
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from R in the alphabet.
S
LAST WARNING
4Last warning
Top row 4/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits U _ _ I _ _ T _ _. “Bullets” crosses it at the sixth square.
ULTIMATUM
NOT FAKE
5Not fake
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
R _ _ _. Check the third letter against “River mouth”.
REAL
frid-
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“frid-”). What is left starts with G.
GE
BASEBALL FIGURE
7Baseball figure
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Fits E _ _. “Another” crosses it at the third square.
ERA
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
RAPID INCREASE
8Rapid increase
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with U. Its fifth letter is shared with “Not fake”.
UPSURGE
zucchi-
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “zucchi” gives the answer. First letter: N.
NI
RIVER MOUTH
10River mouth
Left column 3/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with D. The fourth square is also part of “Last warning”.
DELTA
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: E.
E
PART OF HOUSE
12Part of house
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits R _ _ _. Solving “B___DTYPE” first gives you its third letter.
ROOM
-ain
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-ain”). What is left starts with T.
TR
DECREASE
14Decrease
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with A. Solving “Last warning” first gives you its fourth letter.
ABATE
AFTER J
15After j
Left column 8/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from J in the alphabet.
K
PERIODIC TABLE ENTRY
16Periodic table entry
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ M _ _ T. Solving “Allocate, with "out” first gives you its fifth letter.
ELEMENT
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
SLY LOOK
17Sly look
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
LEER
B___DTYPE
18B___DTYPE
Row 3, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Fill the gap in “B___DTYPE”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with L.
LOO
ANOTHER
19Another
Row 4, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Another starts with the answer.
A
"SOOO TASTY!"
20"sooo tasty!"
Row 4, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Y _ _. The third square is also part of “Bullets”.
YUM
LIKE HANDS AFTER EATING CHIPS
21Like hands after eating chips
Row 5, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ _. “Not fake” crosses it at the third square.
OILY
CRYSTAL BALL, E.G.
22Crystal ball, e.g.
Row 5, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Shape: O _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Decrease”.
ORB
23Celestial object
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Both the picture and the text “CELESTIAL OBJECT” point to the same word. It begins with C.
COMET
UPPER-CASE
24Upper-case
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Upper-case”.
UC
ALLOCATE, WITH "OUT"
25Allocate, with "out"
Row 6, col 6 · 4 letters · down
M _ _ _. “Adorable one” crosses it at the third square.
METE
BULLETS
26Bullets
Row 7, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Sooo tasty!”.
AMMO
HIGH CARD
27High card
Row 7, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Shape: A _ _. The third square is also part of “Periodic table entry”.
ACE
MIDDLE
28Middle
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Middle.
M
INDIANA
29Indiana
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Shape: I _. Its second letter is shared with “Periodic table entry”.
IN
ADORABLE ONE
30Adorable one
Row 9, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with C. The fourth square is also part of “Indiana”.
CUTIE
APO_OGY
31APO_OGY
Row 9, col 3 · 1 letter · down
Fill the gap in “APO_OGY”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with L.
L
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