Crossword Challenge Puzzle 76 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 76, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Short answers dominate here: 9 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 5 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; 2 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 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 “Degree of worth”, 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
What is shown in the image? Shape: Q _ _ S _ _ O _ _. Check the sixth letter against “Spot of land”.
QUESTIONS
TO A PERSON
2To a person
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits U _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Extra time”.
UNTO
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
3Active directory
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
AD
-tery
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 3 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-tery”). What is left starts with L.
LOT
AFTER H
5After h
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from H in the alphabet.
I
THREE-NOTE CHORD
6Three-note chord
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
T _ _ A _. “Old fabric” crosses it at the fourth square.
TRIAD
yin & ____
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “yin & ____” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with Y.
YANG
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
DEGREE OF WORTH
8Degree of worth
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with Q. Solving “After h” first gives you its fifth letter.
QUALITY
NULLIFY
9Nullify
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits U _ _ _. Solving “Active directory” first gives you its third letter.
UNDO
EXTRA TIME
10Extra time
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Extra time”.
ET
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 3 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to S _ _. The third square is also part of “Used in cooking”.
SOS
-ub
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-ub”). What is left starts with T.
T
SPOT OF LAND
13Spot of land
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits I _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Pine sap”.
ISLET
SELL MORE THAN
14Sell more than
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with O. “Pen wielder” crosses it at the fifth square.
OUTSELL
NAUTICAL MILE
15Nautical mile
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
NM
TIME DURATION
16Time duration
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: S _ _ _. Check the third letter against “App”.
SPAN
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
__NDOM
17__NDOM
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“__NDOM” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with R.
RA
PEN WIELDER
18Pen wielder
Row 3, col 6 · 6 letters · down
W _ _ T _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Spot of land”.
WRITER
DUAL BIRTH
19Dual birth
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits T _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Three-note chord”.
TWIN
USED IN COOKING
20Used in cooking
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Spot of land”.
SALT
OLD FABRIC
21Old fabric
Row 5, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits R _ _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
RAG
PINE SAP
22Pine sap
Row 5, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Shape: R _ _ I _. The fourth square is also part of “Eye part”.
RESIN
WATER-LESS AREA
23Water-less area
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Pen wielder”.
ARID
BASEMENT FEATURE
24Basement feature
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Shape: S _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Nautical mile”.
SUMP
"OR ___ WHAT?"
25"OR ___ WHAT?"
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
The missing word in “OR ___ WHAT?” starts with E.
ELSE
ECHO
26Echo
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Echo.
E
UNTRUTH
27Untruth
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Fits L _ _. Its third letter is shared with “TOFF__”.
LIE
EYE PART
28Eye part
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: I _ _ _. “Untruth” crosses it at the third square.
IRIS
APP
29App
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
App starts with the answer.
A
TOFF__
30TOFF__
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “TOFF__” and enter only the missing part, starting with E.
EE
Crossword Challenge Level 76 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 76 solved
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