Crossword Challenge Puzzle 79 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 79 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 11 of them only one or two letters. 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 “System knowledge”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to the picture clue in the left column, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “System knowledge”. 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.
SYSTEM KNOWLEDGE
1System knowledge
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: T _ _ H _ _ C _ _. “Two in roman” crosses it at the sixth square.
TECHNICAL
22
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits H _ _. “Computer graphics” crosses it at the third square.
HUG
fo-
33
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “fo-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with U.
UR
DIDN'T ARRIVE
4Didn't arrive
Top row 4/7 · 6 letters · down
Begins with N. Solving “Great wall country” first gives you its fourth letter.
NOSHOW
ROMAN NUMERAL 500
5Roman numeral 500
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Think of one character, not a word, for “Roman numeral 500”.
D
HEAVEN
6Heaven
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits E _ _ _. “Stair part” crosses it at the third square.
EDEN
REVAMP FOR RESALE
7Revamp for resale
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits R _ _ A _ _ A _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Lit part”.
REPACKAGE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
88
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: T _ _ N _ _ R. “Roman numeral 500” crosses it at the fifth square.
THUNDER
99
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to E _ _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
EURO
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
10Computer graphics
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Computer graphics”.
CG
HIGH
11High
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
High starts with the answer.
H
A PERSON OF WEALTH
12A person of wealth
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits N _ _ O _. “Didn't arrive” crosses it at the fourth square.
NABOB
TWO IN ROMAN
13Two in roman
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Fits I _. The second square is also part of “Passage”.
II
CHICAGO HRS.
14Chicago hrs.
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits C _ _. The third square is also part of “Kid”.
CST
___ VERA
15___ VERA
Left column 8/9 · 4 letters · across
Complete the phrase “___ VERA”. Shape: A _ _ _.
ALOE
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to L _ _ T _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “Upload”.
LETTUCE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
__CISION
17__CISION
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “__CISION”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with D.
DE
SHIN BONE
18Shin bone
Row 3, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Fits T _ _ I _. Solving “Lit part” first gives you its fourth letter.
TIBIA
STAIR PART
19Stair part
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with S. “Heaven” crosses it at the third square.
STEP
CORNER BACK
20Corner back
Row 4, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
CB
GREAT WALL COUNTRY
21Great wall country
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: C _ _ N _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Heaven”.
CHINA
PASSAGE
22Passage
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Fits A _ _ L _. Check the fourth letter against “___ VERA”.
AISLE
CARBON
23Carbon
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Carbon.
C
POSH AND CLASSY
24Posh and classy
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with C. Check the third letter against “Insta-gram”.
CHIC
LIT PART
25Lit part
Row 7, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with W; pattern W _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Posh and classy”.
WICK
KID
26Kid
Row 7, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Starts with T; pattern T _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its third letter.
TOT
SOLVING SHOUT
27Solving shout
Row 8, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. The third square is also part of “Revamp for resale”.
AHA
BUDG__
28BUDG__
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Fill the gap in “BUDG__”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with E.
ET
INSTA-GRAM
29Insta-gram
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
IG
UPLOAD
30Upload
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Upload starts with the answer.
U
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Puzzle 79 solved
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