Crossword Challenge Puzzle 81 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 81, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 8 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; 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 “Without guilt”.
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 “Without guilt”, 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.
WITHOUT GUILT
1Without guilt
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ M _ _ E _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “Lake”.
SHAMELESS
DIGESTION PART
2Digestion part
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
C _ _ O _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
COLON
ENTIRETY
3Entirety
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: A _ _. Solving “Totality” first gives you its third letter.
ALL
NEW YORK
4New york
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “New york” to its initials.
NY
NUMBER
5Number
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Number starts with the answer.
N
AT ANY TIME
6At any time
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “SC___ULE”.
EVER
color
77
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “color” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with R.
RED
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
88
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with S. The fifth square is also part of “Number”.
SCANNER
SACRED OR BLESSED
9Sacred or blessed
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: H _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Entirety”.
HOLY
TOTALITY
10Totality
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits A _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Entirety”.
ALL
le--n
1111
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “len” gives the answer. First letter: M.
MO
MEDICAL FLUSH
12Medical flush
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits E _ _ M _. Check the fourth letter against “TO ____ LIGHT”.
ENEMA
LAKE
13Lake
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Lake starts with the answer.
L
PRINT VERSION
14Print version
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with E. Its fifth letter is shared with “Direction”.
EDITION
1515
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits S _ _. “Give off” crosses it at the third square.
SIT
STARTING PRICE
16Starting price
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
SP
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
VENEZUELA
17Venezuela
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Begins with V. Its second letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
VE
DIRECTION
18Direction
Row 3, col 6 · 7 letters · down
H _ _ D _ _ G. Its fifth letter is shared with “Print version”.
HEADING
SC___ULE
19SC___ULE
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fill the gap in “SC___ULE”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with H.
HED
TO ____ LIGHT
20TO ____ LIGHT
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Complete the phrase “TO ____ LIGHT”. Shape: E _ _ _.
EMIT
CAR___
21CAR___
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “CAR___” go in the grid. First one: E.
EER
GIVE OFF
22Give off
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Print version”.
EMIT
CHURCH MEETING
23Church meeting
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
S _ _ O _. “Net core ops” crosses it at the fourth square.
SYNOD
AFTER R
24After r
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Step one letter forward from R in the alphabet.
S
SPANISH TWELVE
25Spanish twelve
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Net core ops”.
DOCE
SAILOR SUIT
26Sailor suit
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits M _ _ D _. The fourth square is also part of “Spanish twelve”.
MIDDY
DUNK
27Dunk
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Starts with D; pattern D _ _. “Starting price” crosses it at the third square.
DIP
NET CORE OPS
28Net core ops
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
NCO
ALPHABET
29Alphabet
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Alphabet starts with the answer.
A
NOT YOUNG
30Not young
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ _. “Spanish twelve” crosses it at the third square.
AGED
Crossword Challenge Level 81 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 81 solved
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