Crossword Challenge Puzzle 483 Clues and Answers
Puzzle 483 of Crossword Challenge gives you 29 clues on a 8×10 board. Each one is listed below with a hint first and the answer second.
10 of the 29 answers are one or two letters long. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 5 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 483: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Ease or soothe”. 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
Look at the picture and fit it to C _ _ C _ _ L _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its sixth letter.
CONCEALER
INDEBTED TO
2Indebted to
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with O. Solving “Not old” first gives you its third letter.
OWE
MEMORY
3Memory
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Memory.
M
FREE KICK
4Free kick
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Free kick” to its initials.
FK
ATTACK START
5Attack start
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ E _. Solving “Spy” first gives you its fourth letter.
ONSET
JOCKEY STRAP
6Jockey strap
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
R _ _ _. Solving “Sister” first gives you its third letter.
REIN
LEGAL WILL
7Legal will
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
T _ _ T _ _ E _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Body mass”.
TESTAMENT
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
EASE OR SOOTHE
8Ease or soothe
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with C. Its fifth letter is shared with “Attack start”.
COMFORT
yell-
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“yell-”). What is left starts with O.
OW
NOT OLD
10Not old
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits N _ _. Solving “Common blemish” first gives you its third letter.
NEW
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits C.
C
FLORIDA BIRD
12Florida bird
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with E. Its fourth letter is shared with “Thermal feature”.
EGRET
p-
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
Picture word minus “p” gives the answer. First letter: A.
ARTY
LATIN AMERICA
14Latin america
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Latin america”.
LA
RANK LEVEL
15Rank level
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: E _ _ E _ _ N. Check the fifth letter against “Two l's”.
ECHELON
BACK SECTION
16Back section
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
R _ _ _. “Harbor area” crosses it at the third square.
REAR
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
MIDLEG
17Midleg
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: K _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Jockey strap”.
KNEE
COMMON BLEMISH
18Common blemish
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Shape: W _ _ _. Solving “Florida bird” first gives you its third letter.
WART
SISTER
19Sister
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: S _ _. “Legal will” crosses it at the third square.
SIS
THERMAL FEATURE
20Thermal feature
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Begins with G. The fourth square is also part of “Turn around”.
GEYSER
SPY
21Spy
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
A _ _ N _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Jockey strap”.
AGENT
ELEGANCE
22Elegance
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Fits G _ _ C _. Solving “Rank level” first gives you its fourth letter.
GRACE
APOLOGY
23Apology
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Apology.
A
FLOATING MARKER
24Floating marker
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with B; pattern B _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Rank level”.
BUOY
BODY MASS
25Body mass
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Body mass” to its initials.
BM
TWO L'S
26Two l's
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Shape: L _. “Rank level” crosses it at the second square.
LL
TURN AROUND
27Turn around
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with S. “Floating marker” crosses it at the third square.
SLUE
HARBOR AREA
28Harbor area
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Harbor area” to its initials.
HA
YOU TOO
29You too
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “You too”.
YT
Crossword Challenge Level 483 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 483 solved
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