Crossword Challenge Puzzle 689 Clues and Answers
Puzzle 689 of Crossword Challenge gives you 30 clues on a 8×10 board. Each one is listed below with a hint first and the answer second.
Short answers dominate here: 9 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 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; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “In another way”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to the picture clue in the left column, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “In another way”, read top to bottom.
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.
IN ANOTHER WAY
1In another way
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with O. “Part of a train” crosses it at the sixth square.
OTHERWISE
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to P _ _ _. “Health literacy” crosses it at the third square.
POLL
OPEN LIBRARY
3Open library
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
OL
SILENT LAUGH ATTACK
4Silent laugh attack
Top row 4/7 · 3 letters · down
Abbreviate “Silent laugh attack” to its initials.
SLA
AFTER R
5After r
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from R in the alphabet.
S
TO THAT TIME
6To that time
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Starts with U; pattern U _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “Not hers”.
UNTIL
-age
7Amount of matter
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
The image carries “-age”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with M.
MASS
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. O _ _ S _ _ M. Its fifth letter is shared with “After r”.
OPOSSUM
RING
9Ring
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
T _ _ _. Solving “Open library” first gives you its third letter.
TOLL
HEALTH LITERACY
10Health literacy
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Health literacy”.
HL
s-
11BARB___
Left column 4/9 · 3 letters · across
The image carries “s-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with E.
ELL
RADICAL
12Radical
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Radical.
R
PART OF A TRAIN
13Part of a train
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with W. Check the fourth letter against “Speech sound”.
WAGON
VIEWABLE
14Viewable
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits I _ _ I _ _ T. Check the fifth letter against “Make different”.
INSIGHT
SERIAL NUMBER
15Serial number
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Serial number” to its initials.
SN
COMFORT
16Comfort
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Saddle”.
EASE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
SODIUM
17Sodium
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
N _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the second square.
NA
MAKE DIFFERENT
18Make different
Row 3, col 6 · 6 letters · down
Begins with C. Solving “Part of a train” first gives you its fourth letter.
CHANGE
PLAYS A ROLE
19Plays a role
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with A. Check the third letter against “To that time”.
ACTS
FIREPLACE FUEL
20Fireplace fuel
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Fits L _ _ _. Solving “Part of a train” first gives you its third letter.
LOGS
NOT HERS
21Not hers
Row 5, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with H; pattern H _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
HIS
SPEECH SOUND
22Speech sound
Row 5, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Shape: V _ _ C _. Its fourth letter is shared with “CON____”.
VOICE
0-SHAPED
230-shaped
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Begins with O. “Make different” crosses it at the third square.
OVAL
"___ KARENINA"
24"___ KARENINA"
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Complete the phrase “___ KARENINA”. Shape: A _ _ _.
ANNA
M____
25M____
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “M____” go in the grid. First one: O.
OTTO
OWN
26Own
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Own.
O
HOURS
27Hours
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with H. “Sales order” crosses it at the third square.
HRS
CON____
28CON____
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fill the gap in “CON____”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with C.
CERT
SADDLE
29Saddle
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Saddle, nothing more.
S
SALES ORDER
30Sales order
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
SO
Crossword Challenge Level 689 Solved Grid
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