Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2489 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 31 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2489, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Short answers dominate here: 11 of 31 fit in one or two squares. 4 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 5 clues want 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 the picture clue in the top row.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Entrusts”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to the picture clue in the top row. 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to C _ _ M _ _ E _ _. The sixth square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
CHAMELEON
OPTICAL OUTPUT HUB
2Optical output hub
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
OOH
AFTER L
3After l
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from L in the alphabet.
M
MATRIX KEY
4Matrix key
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
MK
PREFIX WITH SOUND
5Prefix with sound
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: I _ _ R _. Solving “Edible mush-room” first gives you its fourth letter.
INFRA
6Floor covering
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Both the picture and the text “FLOOR COVERING” point to the same word. It begins with T.
TILE
RELATED TO STYLE
7Related to style
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with S. Its sixth letter is shared with “Winter storm”.
STYLISTIC
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
ENTRUSTS
8Entrusts
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
C _ _ M _ _ S. Check the fifth letter against “Prefix with sound”.
COMMITS
s--rts
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“s--rts”). What is left starts with H.
HO
"I GOT IT!"
10"i got it!"
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits A _ _. Its third letter is shared with “End of grace”.
AHA
MIDYEAR
11Midyear
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Midyear starts with the answer.
M
FLUID OVERLOAD
12Fluid overload
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits E _ _ M _. Check the fourth letter against “Fore-boding sign”.
EDEMA
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits L _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “End of grace”.
LINE
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
14Executive officer
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Executive officer” to its initials.
EO
STRANGE BEHAVIOR
15Strange behavior
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with O. “ACA__MIC” crosses it at the third square.
ODD
URGENT WANT
16Urgent want
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with N. Its third letter is shared with “ACA__MIC”.
NEED
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
YARN CRAFT
17Yarn craft
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
K _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Floor covering”.
KNIT
END OF GRACE
18End of grace
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Fluid overload”.
AMEN
TRAVEL BY AIR
19Travel by air
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
F _ _. The third square is also part of “Related to style”.
FLY
FORE-BODING SIGN
20Fore-boding sign
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
OMEN
EDIBLE MUSH-ROOM
21Edible mush-room
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits M _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Floor covering”.
MOREL
D IN LED
22D in led
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ D _. Check the fourth letter against “Strange behavior”.
DIODE
IBEX
23Ibex
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Ibex.
I
ROUSE FROM SLEEP
24Rouse from sleep
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Fits W _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Glide on snow or water”.
WAKE
WINTER STORM
25Winter storm
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Winter storm” to its initials.
WS
PROGR__S
26PROGR__S
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
“PROGR__S” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with E.
ES
CLEAN AND ORDERLY
27Clean and orderly
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: N _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Rouse from sleep”.
NEAT
ACA__MIC
28ACA__MIC
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Fill the gap in “ACA__MIC”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with D.
DE
GLIDE ON SNOW OR WATER
29Glide on snow or water
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits S _ _. Check the third letter against “Related to style”.
SKI
AFTER C
30After c
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to C; the answer is its next letter.
D
EARNINGS CREDIT
31Earnings credit
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Earnings credit” to its initials.
EC
Crossword Challenge Level 2489 Solved Grid
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