Crossword Challenge Puzzle 75 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 29 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 75, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 4 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; 4 want just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 75: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Issue needing solution”. 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.
11
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: P _ _ A _ _ E _ _. Solving “Bright” first gives you its sixth letter.
POLARBEAR
RUSSIAN CURRENCY
2Russian currency
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: R _ _ L _. The fourth square is also part of “Whole”.
RUBLE
bo-
33
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“bo-”). What is left starts with O.
OT
BIKINI TOP
4Bikini top
Top row 4/7 · 3 letters · down
B _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Tiny part”.
BRA
ALLOWS
5Allows
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
L _ _ _. “Tiny part” crosses it at the third square.
LETS
ENTER
6Enter
Top row 6/7 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Enter.
E
WORTH RECALLING
7Worth recalling
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits M _ _ O _ _ B _ _. Solving “Luxury home” first gives you its sixth letter.
MEMORABLE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
ISSUE NEEDING SOLUTION
8Issue needing solution
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
P _ _ B _ _ M. Check the fifth letter against “Allows”.
PROBLEM
BIZARRE
9Bizarre
Left column 2/9 · 5 letters · across
O _ _ R _. The fourth square is also part of “Bikini top”.
OUTRE
POUND; ABBR.
10Pound; abbr.
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _. Solving “Russian currency” first gives you its second letter.
LB
WHOLE
11Whole
Left column 4/9 · 3 letters · across
A _ _. The third square is also part of “Prying tool”.
ALL
1212
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. R _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Prying tool”.
REEL
BRIGHT
13Bright
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Bright starts with the answer.
B
PLANT SWELLING
14Plant swelling
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits E _ _ M _. Solving “Maximum allowed” first gives you its fourth letter.
EDEMA
PLANE LANDING
15Plane landing
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
A _ _ I _ _ L. The fifth square is also part of “___ LAMP”.
ARRIVAL
c-
1616
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
The image carries “c-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with R.
RY
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
EASY
17Easy
Row 3, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Easy, nothing more.
E
NOT WRITTEN
18Not written
Row 3, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Fits O _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Argon symbol”.
ORAL
TINY PART
19Tiny part
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with A. “Not written” crosses it at the third square.
ATOM
PRYING TOOL
20Prying tool
Row 4, col 4 · 5 letters · down
L _ _ E _. “Plant swelling” crosses it at the fourth square.
LEVER
STANDING ROOM ONLY
21Standing room only
Row 5, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
SRO
MAXIMUM ALLOWED
22Maximum allowed
Row 5, col 5 · 5 letters · down
L _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “Plane landing”.
LIMIT
ARGON SYMBOL
23Argon symbol
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
A _. Solving “Worth recalling” first gives you its second letter.
AR
___ LAMP
24___ LAMP
Row 6, col 6 · 4 letters · down
Which word finishes “___ LAMP”? It fits L _ _ _.
LAVA
LUXURY HOME
25Luxury home
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
V _ _ L _. The fourth square is also part of “Not written”.
VILLA
NOT WET
26Not wet
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Starts with D; pattern D _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
DRY
BRAVE
27Brave
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Brave starts with the answer.
B
MIST__E
28MIST__E
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “MIST__E” go in the grid. First one: A.
AK
GRAB
29Grab
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ _. The third square is also part of “MIST__E”.
TAKE
Crossword Challenge Level 75 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 75 solved
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