Crossword Challenge Puzzle 435 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 435 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 6 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 2 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants just the first letter of a single word. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Way or heading”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to the picture clue in the left column, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Way or heading”. 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.
WAY OR HEADING
1Way or heading
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits D _ _ E _ _ I _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Chatty person”.
DIRECTION
GIVE OFF
2Give off
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
EMIT
FOCAL POINT
3Focal point
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
FP
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits E.
E
SHORT SLEEP
5Short sleep
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: N _ _. The third square is also part of “Mark”.
NAP
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. S _ _ W _ _. Solving “Pronoun for us” first gives you its fourth letter.
SHOWER
FOODIE
7Foodie
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Pronoun for us”.
EATER
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to D _ _ E _ _ E. The fifth square is also part of “Short sleep”.
DEFENSE
LITTLE FIEND
9Little fiend
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: I _ _. “Focal point” crosses it at the third square.
IMP
b--dge
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “bdge” gives the answer. First letter: R.
RI
CARVE
11Carve
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Prison room”.
ETCH
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Look at the picture and fit it to C.
C
CHATTY PERSON
13Chatty person
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Shape: T _ _ K _ _. “Cocktail mixer” crosses it at the fourth square.
TALKER
SEA ARM
14Sea arm
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ E _. “Cocktail mixer” crosses it at the fourth square.
INLET
bo-
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “bo” gives the answer. First letter: O.
OT
"NO DICE!"
16"no dice!"
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
N _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Roman ten”.
NIX
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
SUDDEN INSIGHT
17Sudden insight
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits A _ _. Solving “Foodie” first gives you its third letter.
AHA
COCKTAIL MIXER
18Cocktail mixer
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Shape: S _ _ K _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Chatty person”.
SHAKER
MARK
19Mark
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
SPOT
PRISON ROOM
20Prison room
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Shape: C _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Chatty person”.
CELL
PRONOUN FOR US
21Pronoun for us
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fits W _. “Foodie” crosses it at the second square.
WE
OUTFIT
22Outfit
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Starts with G; pattern G _ _ U _. Check the fourth letter against “Oxidize”.
GETUP
KEEN
23Keen
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits E _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
EAGER
AGAINST
24Against
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
ANTI
GPS GUESS
25Gps guess
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Fits E _ _. “Edible pod” crosses it at the third square.
ETA
ELECTRIC
26Electric
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Electric starts with the answer.
E
SPECIAL EDITION
27Special edition
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Special edition”.
SE
OXIDIZE
28Oxidize
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Special edition”.
RUST
ROMAN TEN
29Roman ten
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Think of one character, not a word, for “Roman ten”.
X
EDIBLE POD
30Edible pod
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
P _ _. Check the third letter against “Gps guess”.
PEA
Crossword Challenge Level 435 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 435 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 435 with us. Puzzle 436 is next, with 29 clues on a 8×10 board.