Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2632 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 31 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 2632, 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. 5 clues are pictures; 1 clue wants only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants just the first letter of a single word; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 2632: 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 the picture clue in the top row. 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits R _ _ N _ _ O _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Nostalgia-evoking song”.
RAINBOOTS
BULLETS
2Bullets
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with A. Solving “Enfant terrible” first gives you its third letter.
AMMO
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Name the object in the picture. C.
C
KANSAS
4Kansas
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Shape: K _. Solving “Indian wear” first gives you its second letter.
KS
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with E. Solving “Pull hard” first gives you its third letter.
EAT
OPPOSITE OF LIE
6Opposite of lie
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with T. The fourth square is also part of “HEA__”.
TRUTH
EXPRESS RELIEF
7Express relief
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Pull hard”.
SIGH
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: R _ _ K _ _ S. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the fifth square.
RACKETS
MORNING HOURS
9Morning hours
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Fits A _. The second square is also part of “Bullets”.
AM
ENFANT TERRIBLE
10Enfant terrible
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits I _ _. Solving “Poke gently” first gives you its third letter.
IMP
USUAL FIGURE
11Usual figure
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with N; pattern N _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Poke gently”.
NORM
GRADE OPTION
12Grade option
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
A single letter or symbol answers “Grade option”.
B
NOSTALGIA-EVOKING SONG
13Nostalgia-evoking song
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “House cleaner”.
OLDIE
OPTICAL INTENSITY
14Optical intensity
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
OI
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to T _ _. Its third letter is shared with “NECESS__Y”.
TEA
FACE-LIFT, E.G.
16Face-lift, e.g.
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ G _ _ Y. Check the fifth letter against “Brief”.
SURGERY
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
INDIAN WEAR
17Indian wear
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Opposite of lie”.
SARI
POKE GENTLY
18Poke gently
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
P _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Blast, for instance”.
PROD
PULL HARD
19Pull hard
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _. Solving “Express relief” first gives you its third letter.
TUG
HOUSE CLEANER
20House cleaner
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Starts with M; pattern M _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Nostalgia-evoking song”.
MAID
HEA__
21HEA__
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“HEA__” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with T.
TH
BRIEF
22Brief
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
T _ _ S _. The fourth square is also part of “Mister”.
TERSE
BLAST, FOR INSTANCE
23Blast, for instance
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Fits O _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Brief”.
OATH
PLACE
24Place
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
LIEU
A LITTLE OFF
25A little off
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Begins with A. Solving “Mister” first gives you its third letter.
AWRY
_NOTHER
26_NOTHER
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Rebuild the word in “_NOTHER” and enter only the missing part, starting with A.
A
TIRE FILLER
27Tire filler
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
A _ _. “Face-lift, e.g.” crosses it at the third square.
AIR
ILLUSTRATE DESIGN
28Illustrate design
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: D _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Tire filler”.
DRAW
NECESS__Y
29NECESS__Y
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
“NECESS__Y” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with A.
AR
MISTER
30Mister
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
S _ _. The third square is also part of “A little off”.
SIR
GAS
31Gas
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Gas.
G
Crossword Challenge Level 2632 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 2632 solved
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