Crossword Challenge Puzzle 327 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 31 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 327, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 10 of them only one or two letters. 3 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; 4 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 “1000 meters”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 327: 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 “1000 meters”. 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.
1000 METERS
11000 meters
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with K; pattern K _ _ O _ _ T _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its sixth letter.
KILOMETER
GOAL
2Goal
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: I _ _ A _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Chump”.
IDEAL
SLIGHT FIGHT
3Slight fight
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with T. Solving “Opposite of right” first gives you its third letter.
TIFF
-ton
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 3 letters · down
Picture word minus “ton” gives the answer. First letter: C.
COT
HOME MADE
5Home made
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Home made”.
HM
EXIT
6Exit
Top row 6/7 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Exit.
E
90TH
790th
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits N _ _ E _ _ E _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Identity”.
NINETIETH
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with K. Solving “Home made” first gives you its fifth letter.
KITCHEN
COMMON SAYING
9Common saying
Left column 2/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with I. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
IDIOM
OPPOSITE OF RIGHT
10Opposite of right
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with L. The third square is also part of “Slight fight”.
LEFT
CHUMP
11Chump
Left column 4/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: O _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Slight fight”.
OAF
MACHINE LEARNING
12Machine learning
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
ML
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Name the object in the picture. E.
E
YOUNG FROG
14Young frog
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: T _ _ P _ _ E. “Distort shape” crosses it at the fifth square.
TADPOLE
ENTRY HALT
15Entry halt
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
EH
UNCOOKED
16Uncooked
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
R _ _. The third square is also part of “Washing”.
RAW
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
INPUT
17Input
Row 3, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Input.
I
APPLY PRESSURE
18Apply pressure
Row 3, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with R. The third square is also part of “Owed money”.
RUB
SATU__
19SATU__
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “SATU__”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with R.
RN
DISTORT SHAPE
20Distort shape
Row 4, col 6 · 6 letters · down
D _ _ O _ _. Solving “Young frog” first gives you its fourth letter.
DEFORM
EXPECTED TIME
21Expected time
Row 5, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with D. Its third letter is shared with “90th”.
DUE
OFFICE DIVISION
22Office division
Row 5, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ _. Solving “Young frog” first gives you its third letter.
DEPT
OWED MONEY
23Owed money
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits D _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Apply pressure”.
DEBT
RIGHT DIRECTION
24Right direction
Row 6, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
RD
CALL
25Call
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · across
Shape: R _ _. “Distort shape” crosses it at the third square.
REF
SUDDEN INSIGHT
26Sudden insight
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
A _ _. Solving “Uncooked” first gives you its third letter.
AHA
IDENTITY
27Identity
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Identity.
I
CUT
28Cut
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: L _ _. “Miles per hour” crosses it at the third square.
LOP
RUN BRISKLY
29Run briskly
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with T. Check the third letter against “Cut”.
TROT
WASHING
30Washing
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Washing, nothing more.
W
MILES PER HOUR
31Miles per hour
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Abbreviate “Miles per hour” to its initials.
MPH
Crossword Challenge Level 327 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 327 solved
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