Crossword Challenge Puzzle 484 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 484 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 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 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.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Subtitle”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to the picture clue in the top row. 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.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with C. Check the sixth letter against “Art film, often”.
CONTAINER
AMAZE
2Amaze
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _. “Tidy” crosses it at the third square.
AWE
SCHEDULE
3Schedule
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits P _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Tidy”.
PLAN
AFTER S
4After s
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after S.
T
l-
5Internet protocol
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“l-”). What is left starts with I.
IP
COMMAND TO GIVE
6Command to give
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
O _ _ E _. “Belly button” crosses it at the fourth square.
ORDER
NOT DEADLY
7Not deadly
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits N _ _ L _ _ H _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Think”.
NONLETHAL
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
SUBTITLE
8Subtitle
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ T _ _ N. The fifth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
CAPTION
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. O _ _. Check the third letter against “Schedule”.
OWL
TIDY
10Tidy
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
N _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Schedule”.
NEAT
TAX
11Tax
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Tax.
T
g-
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“g-”). What is left starts with A.
AS
ART FILM, OFTEN
13Art film, often
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits I _ _ I _. The fourth square is also part of “Indian tongue”.
INDIE
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. N _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Earth material”.
NAIL
-or
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-or”). What is left starts with E.
ERR
LEGAL DO-OVER
16Legal do-over
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: R _ _ R _ _ L. Check the fifth letter against “Direct input”.
RETRIAL
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
EXPERT
17Expert
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits P _ _. The third square is also part of “Not deadly”.
PRO
INDIAN TONGUE
18Indian tongue
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
T _ _ I _. The fourth square is also part of “Art film, often”.
TAMIL
DOWN NOTE
19Down note
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
DN
COMPETE FIERCELY
20Compete fiercely
Row 4, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Shape: V _ _. The third square is also part of “Art film, often”.
VIE
BELLY BUTTON
21Belly button
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
N _ _ E _. “Command to give” crosses it at the fourth square.
NAVEL
TRAP FOR ANIMALS
22Trap for animals
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
S _ _ R _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
SNARE
SWAMPY GROUND
23Swampy ground
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: M _ _ _. “Command to give” crosses it at the third square.
MIRE
EARTH MATERIAL
24Earth material
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
DIRT
THINK
25Think
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Think starts with the answer.
T
RIBO-NUCLEIC ACID
26Ribo-nucleic acid
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Ribo-nucleic acid”.
RNA
BLOOD TYPE FACTOR
27Blood type factor
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Begins with R. Check the second letter against “Not deadly”.
RH
DIRECT INPUT
28Direct input
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
DI
GENETIC MATERIAL
29Genetic material
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with D; pattern D _ _. Solving “Not deadly” first gives you its third letter.
DNA
ROCK
30Rock
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Rock starts with the answer.
R
Crossword Challenge Level 484 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 484 solved
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