Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2520 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2520, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want 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 “Device”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Surrounding light”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Device”. 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.
DEVICE
1Device
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ A _ _ T _ _. “City street” crosses it at the sixth square.
APPARATUS
CATCHER'S GLOVE
2Catcher's glove
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with M. Check the third letter against “Pulse train”.
MITT
BACK-GROUND
3Back-ground
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
BG
AFTER H
4After h
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Recite the alphabet up to H; the answer is its next letter.
I
t---ace
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“t---ace”). What is left starts with E.
ERR
SHADING
6Shading
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Shape: N _ _ N _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Northern lights”.
NUANCE
BRITISH TUBE
7British tube
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with T. Check the fourth letter against “Northern lights”.
TELLY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
SURROUNDING LIGHT
8Surrounding light
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with A. The fifth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
AMBIENT
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with P. Its third letter is shared with “Back-ground”.
PIG
PULSE TRAIN
10Pulse train
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
PT
PERCHED UPON
11Perched upon
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ _. “Divine sign” crosses it at the third square.
ATOP
AFTER Q
12After q
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from Q in the alphabet.
R
CITY STREET
13City street
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ N _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Bottle's foe”.
AVENUE
CARTRIDGE FILLER
14Cartridge filler
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with T. Its fourth letter is shared with “Bottle's foe”.
TONER
V__TURE
15V__TURE
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “V__TURE”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with U.
UL
DO SOME STITCHING
16Do some stitching
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: S _ _. “Weekly” crosses it at the third square.
SEW
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
REGRET
17Regret
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits R _ _. Solving “British tube” first gives you its third letter.
RUE
BOTTLE'S FOE
18Bottle's foe
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ N _ _. Check the fourth letter against “City street”.
OPENER
KIND OF HYGIENE
19Kind of hygiene
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits O _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Shading”.
ORAL
DIVINE SIGN
20Divine sign
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ _. Solving “City street” first gives you its third letter.
OMEN
NORTHERN LIGHTS
21Northern lights
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
NL
ARCADIAN
22Arcadian
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ A _. “Itch cause” crosses it at the fourth square.
RURAL
PARDON REQUEST
23Pardon request
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with M. Solving “Shading” first gives you its fourth letter.
MERCY
FIELD MOUSE
24Field mouse
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Shape: V _ _ _. “V__TURE” crosses it at the third square.
VOLE
25Curious question
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Picture plus words: “CURIOUS QUESTION”. The answer opens with W.
WHY
WEEKLY
26Weekly
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Weekly.
W
SINE ANNO
27Sine anno
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Sine anno”.
SA
ITCH CAUSE
28Itch cause
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Sine anno”.
RASH
WEEKLY
29Weekly
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Weekly.
W
p---er
30"___ IT ON ME!"
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Picture word minus “per” gives the answer. First letter: L.
LAY
Crossword Challenge Level 2520 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2520 solved
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