Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2491 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2491 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
9 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Dog for racing”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 2491: 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 “Dog for racing”. 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.
DOG FOR RACING
1Dog for racing
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with G; pattern G _ _ Y _ _ U _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Coup result”.
GREYHOUND
ABOARD
2Aboard
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with O. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
ONTO
UNITED AIRLINES
3United airlines
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “United airlines” to its initials.
UA
TOP GRADE
4Top grade
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
A single letter or symbol answers “Top grade”.
A
FENG SHUI "ENERGY"
5Feng shui "energy"
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: C _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Loaded with money”.
CHI
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to H _ _ K _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Key element”.
HACKER
COMMON SOLVENT
7Common solvent
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with E. Its fourth letter is shared with “Key element”.
ETHER
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: G _ _ A _ _ E. Solving “Feng shui "energy” first gives you its fifth letter.
GOUACHE
RIBO-NUCLEIC ACID
9Ribo-nucleic acid
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
RNA
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. E _. Check the second letter against “Aboard”.
ET
BIND
11Bind
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with Y; pattern Y _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Love gesture”.
YOKE
BEFORE I
12Before i
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter back from I in the alphabet.
H
COUP RESULT
13Coup result
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Shape: O _ _ T _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Lease-holder”.
OUSTER
DISTRESS
14Distress
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits U _ _ E _. “Lease-holder” crosses it at the fourth square.
UPSET
a--n
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “an” gives the answer. First letter: N.
NO
HEREDITARY MATERIAL
16Hereditary material
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: D _ _. “Ado” crosses it at the third square.
DNA
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
TOPPER FOR OUTFITS
17Topper for outfits
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with H; pattern H _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Common solvent”.
HAT
LEASE-HOLDER
18Lease-holder
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Fits R _ _ T _ _. Solving “Coup result” first gives you its fourth letter.
RENTER
LOADED WITH MONEY
19Loaded with money
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
RICH
LOVE GESTURE
20Love gesture
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Begins with K. Check the third letter against “Coup result”.
KISS
KEY ELEMENT
21Key element
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Key element”.
KE
PRENATAL
22Prenatal
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Begins with F. Solving “Pool table triangle” first gives you its fourth letter.
FETAL
DEDUCE
23Deduce
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with I. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
INFER
AGREED ___
24AGREED ___
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
The missing word in “AGREED ___” starts with U.
UPON
BLUE HUE
25Blue hue
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Begins with S. Solving “___ IT ON ME!” first gives you its third letter.
SKY
SUN
26Sun
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Sun, nothing more.
S
BROAD__ST
27BROAD__ST
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Fill the gap in “BROAD__ST”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with C.
CA
POOL TABLE TRIANGLE
28Pool table triangle
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ _. Check the third letter against “BROAD__ST”.
RACK
ADO
29Ado
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Ado starts with the answer.
A
"___ IT ON ME!"
30"___ IT ON ME!"
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
The missing word in “___ IT ON ME!” starts with L.
LAY
Crossword Challenge Level 2491 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2491 solved
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