Crossword Challenge Puzzle 761 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 761 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Short answers dominate here: 9 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 5 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks 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; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Local law”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 761: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to the picture clue in the left column. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Local law”. 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.
LOCAL LAW
1Local law
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with O. “Tacked on” crosses it at the sixth square.
ORDINANCE
-cus
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
The image carries “-cus”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with C.
CIR
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Let fall”.
TOOL
AFTER N
4After n
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after N.
O
BULLET POINT
5Bullet point
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Bullet point”.
BP
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: E _ _ O _. Solving “Toil” first gives you its fourth letter.
ERROR
ACT FOR
7Act for
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with R. Solving “Speed” first gives you its sixth letter.
REPRESENT
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with O. Solving “Bullet point” first gives you its fifth letter.
OCTOBER
___ DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
9___ DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Say “___ DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL” out loud and the blank fills itself: R _ _.
RIO
LET FALL
10Let fall
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
D _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
DROP
INPUT
11Input
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Input.
I
__TROGEN
12__TROGEN
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “__TROGEN” and enter only the missing part, starting with N.
NI
TACKED ON
13Tacked on
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ E _. Solving “Printer's need” first gives you its fourth letter.
ADDED
NIGH
14Nigh
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with N. Its third letter is shared with “Calendar day”.
NEAR
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits C _ _. The third square is also part of “Calendar day”.
CAT
FUNDA-MENTAL PART
16Funda-mental part
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: E _ _ M _ _ T. Check the fifth letter against “Christian era”.
ELEMENT
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
BEFORE EVENT
17Before event
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with P. Check the third letter against “Act for”.
PRE
PRINTER'S NEED
18Printer's need
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Tacked on”.
PAPER
ROYALTY PAYMENT
19Royalty payment
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
RP
BUDAPEST
20Budapest
Row 4, col 6 · 3 letters · down
B _ _. The third square is also part of “Tacked on”.
BUD
TOIL
21Toil
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits L _ _ O _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fourth letter.
LABOR
GOAL
22Goal
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Begins with I. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its fourth letter.
IDEAL
CHASTE
23Chaste
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: P _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
PURE
CALENDAR DAY
24Calendar day
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Begins with D. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
DATE
SPEED
25Speed
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Speed, nothing more.
S
___ORABLE
26___ORABLE
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
“___ORABLE” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with H.
HON
ELEMENT #2'S SYMBOL
27Element #2's symbol
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
H _. Its second letter is shared with “Act for”.
HE
CHRISTIAN ERA
28Christian era
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Christian era” to its initials.
CE
OPPOSITE OF PRO
29Opposite of pro
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: C _ _. “Act for” crosses it at the third square.
CON
MILLION
30Million
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Million, nothing more.
M
Crossword Challenge Level 761 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 761 solved
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