Crossword Challenge Puzzle 474 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 474 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Short answers dominate here: 8 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 6 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 1 clue wants only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Travel ref-erence”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 474: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Turkey in-formally”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Travel ref-erence”. 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.
TRAVEL REF-ERENCE
1Travel ref-erence
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with G. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its sixth letter.
GUIDEBOOK
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to O _ _ A _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its fourth letter.
OSCAR
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits B _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
BEE
-ush
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “-ush” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with B.
BR
AFTER K
5After k
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after K.
L
ARAB RULER
6Arab ruler
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
E _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Hole”.
EMIR
SPOIL
7Spoil
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
R _ _. The third square is also part of “Hole”.
ROT
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
TURKEY IN-FORMALLY
8Turkey in-formally
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with G; pattern G _ _ B _ _ R. Check the fifth letter against “After k”.
GOBBLER
CLIENT
9Client
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: U _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
USER
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to I _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
ICE
pan-
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
The image carries “pan-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with D.
DA
DIMINISH
12Diminish
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with E. Solving “Revise” first gives you its fourth letter.
ERODE
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Name the object in the picture. B.
B
SINGLE INSTANCE
14Single instance
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
O _ _ T _ _ E. Solving “Lead a meeting” first gives you its fifth letter.
ONETIME
NOT THEIR
15Not their
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with O. Its third letter is shared with “Across the top”.
OUR
KILO-NEWTON
16Kilo-newton
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Kilo-newton” to its initials.
KN
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
MONTH
17Month
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shape: M _. Its second letter is shared with “Spoil”.
MO
LEAD A MEETING
18Lead a meeting
Row 3, col 6 · 7 letters · down
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ S _ _ E. Solving “Single instance” first gives you its fifth letter.
PRESIDE
HOLE
19Hole
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with P; pattern P _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Spoil”.
PIT
REVISE
20Revise
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Golf cap”.
EDIT
BLUNDER
21Blunder
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · across
E _ _. The third square is also part of “Arab ruler”.
ERR
ACROSS THE TOP
22Across the top
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ _. “Single instance” crosses it at the third square.
OVER
___ BRÛLÉE
23___ BRÛLÉE
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Which word finishes “___ BRÛLÉE”? It fits C _ _ M _.
CREME
COW
24Cow
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Cow.
C
BYPASS
25Bypass
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with O. Check the third letter against “Dark”.
OMIT
GOLF CAP
26Golf cap
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
V _ _ O _. The fourth square is also part of “Bypass”.
VISOR
CHURCH LADY
27Church lady
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Begins with N. Its third letter is shared with “Kilo-newton”.
NUN
DARK
28Dark
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits D _ _. The third square is also part of “___ BRÛLÉE”.
DIM
FAIL
29Fail
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Fail starts with the answer.
F
BIG GALA
30Big gala
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
F _ _ _. Solving “Bypass” first gives you its third letter.
FETE
Crossword Challenge Level 474 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 474 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 474 with us. Puzzle 475 is next, with 30 clues on a 8×10 board.