Crossword Challenge Puzzle 852 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 29 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 852, 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 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; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Amazing”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Fold in skin”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Amazing”. 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.
AMAZING
1Amazing
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with W. The sixth square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
WONDERFUL
RAID THE ENEMY
2Raid the enemy
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Raid the enemy”.
RTE
ba-
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Picture word minus “ba” gives the answer. First letter: I.
IT
SIGN OF CAUTION
4Sign of caution
Top row 4/7 · 6 letters · down
Starts with N; pattern N _ _ I _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Moral wrongs”.
NOTICE
AFTER J
5After j
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after J.
K
CAMERA'S EYE
6Camera's eye
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
L _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Musical melody”.
LENS
C___MONY
7C___MONY
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
“C___MONY” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with E.
ERE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
FOLD IN SKIN
8Fold in skin
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with W; pattern W _ _ N _ _ E. Its fifth letter is shared with “After j”.
WRINKLE
c----n
9Picture clue
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
The image carries “c----n”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with O.
OTTO
NORTH EAST
10North east
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
NE
DRIVE
11Drive
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Drive starts with the answer.
D
CHOSEN
12Chosen
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits E _ _ C _. Check the fourth letter against “Sign of caution”.
ELECT
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 7 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. R _ _ E _ _ T. “To that time” crosses it at the fifth square.
RECEIPT
NOT NEAR
14Not near
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with F. Check the third letter against “Diary tidbit”.
FAR
EMPLOYS
15Employs
Left column 8/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: U _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Diary tidbit”.
USES
+s
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “+s” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with L.
LETTERS
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
MOTH__
17MOTH__
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“MOTH__” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with E.
ER
TO THAT TIME
18To that time
Row 3, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Fits U _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
UNTIL
MUSICAL MELODY
19Musical melody
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with T. The third square is also part of “Camera's eye”.
TUNE
DIARY TIDBIT
20Diary tidbit
Row 4, col 4 · 6 letters · down
S _ _ R _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Not near”.
SECRET
MORAL WRONGS
21Moral wrongs
Row 5, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Fits S _ _ _. “To that time” crosses it at the third square.
SINS
RENT
22Rent
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
L _ _ S _. The fourth square is also part of “Employs”.
LEASE
ARISES
23Arises
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Begins with S. The fourth square is also part of “Electro-magnetic”.
STEMS
SADDLE
24Saddle
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Saddle.
S
YACHT SPOT
25Yacht spot
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Electro-magnetic”.
PIER
UNTRUTH
26Untruth
Row 8, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: L _ _. “Arises” crosses it at the third square.
LIE
STREET ABBR.
27Street abbr.
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Shape: S _. Check the second letter against the picture clue in the left column.
ST
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC
28Electro-magnetic
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Electro-magnetic” to its initials.
EM
EGO
29Ego
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Ego, nothing more.
E
Crossword Challenge Level 852 Solved Grid
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