Circus · Group 96 · Puzzle 2

CodyCross Circus Group 96 Puzzle 2 Answers

All 22 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from this grid, in puzzle order.

22Clues
6Longest
6Shortest
96Group
Answers

Circus Group 96 Puzzle 2 — All 22 Clues

Listed in grid order. Letter counts are shown so you can match a row before typing.

#ClueAnswerLettersCopy
#1 The __ won the Academy Awards in 2012 ARTIST 6
#2 Finger known as “the bird” MIDDLE 6
#3 Object used to stop slow or hold a ship in place ANCHOR 6
#4 Large tropical lizard popular pet IGUANA 6
#5 Religious leader CLERIC 6
#6 Famous for writing speeches in Rome CICERO 6
#7 Coming to a finish; opposite of beginning ENDING 6
#8 Discrimination based on how old you are AGEISM 6
#9 Berber language spoken in the Northeast of Algeria KABYLE 6
#10 Pretoria is the capital of South __ AFRICA 6
#11 Established as the truth by evidence PROVEN 6
#12 Superior greater improved BETTER 6
#13 Tetradrachm’s face who knew it all ATHENA 6
#14 Maybe next time he’ll think before he __ CHEATS 6
#15 Storeroom for food in old houses LARDER 6
#16 Gain position in basketball beside free throw lane POSTUP 6
#17 A type of dance originally from Cuba CHACHA 6
#18 Natural tarnish that forms on metals and stone PATINA 6
#19 Piece of clothing worn on legs during the summer SHORTS 6
#20 Battleship was a __ and paper game until 1967 PENCIL 6
#21 An oasis is a green watery __ in a desert REFUGE 6
#22 Like chickens they come home to roost CURSES 6
About this puzzle

How This Grid Breaks Down

This is puzzle 2 of group 96 in the Circus world of CodyCross. It holds 22 clues, with answers running from 6 to 6 letters — the longest being ARTIST.

Work the long rows first. CodyCross fixes the letter count for every row before you type, so length alone eliminates most wrong guesses, and each completed row hands letters to the highlighted column that spells this puzzle's hidden bonus word. If a clue here looks familiar from another world, that is by design: the game recycles clue text with different answers, which is exactly why this page keeps the full world-group-puzzle path rather than listing clues on their own.

Move to puzzle 1 or puzzle 3, or open the whole of group 96. The Circus world covers 100 puzzles across 20 groups, and the world index spans all 108. This puzzle also exists in 8 other language editions of CodyCross (DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT, RU, TR), which use entirely different clues rather than translations.

FAQ

Group 96 Puzzle 2 — Questions

What are the answers to CodyCross Circus group 96 puzzle 2?
This puzzle has 22 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed above in grid order — ARTIST, MIDDLE, ANCHOR, IGUANA, CLERIC, CICERO, ENDING, AGEISM and 14 more.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
22 clues, with answers from 6 to 6 letters. The longest is ARTIST.
What is the hidden word for this puzzle?
CodyCross highlights one column in every grid; once all 22 rows are filled, that column spells a bonus word linked to the Circus theme. Fill the longest rows first and the column usually gives itself away.
My answer is not being accepted — why?
CodyCross reuses the same clue text in different worlds with different answers, and each row has a fixed letter count. Check the length against the list above; if it differs, you are almost certainly looking at the same clue from another world.
Languages

CodyCross in 9 Languages

Each language edition is a different puzzle set with its own worlds and clues — not a translation of the English one.

Pro tips

3 Tips for CodyCross

01

The board is the whole puzzle

Every answer is built from what the level actually shows you and nothing else. Counting that first rules out most of what comes to mind, which is quicker than trying words and being rejected.

02

Place the longest answer first

Long answers use up the awkward letters and leave a set that spells the short ones out for you. Starting long is consistently faster than sweeping for three-letter words.

03

Neighbouring levels are the best hint

Difficulty climbs gradually rather than in jumps, so the levels either side of a hard one reuse its patterns. They are more useful than any hint the game sells you.

How to play

How to Solve a CodyCross Level

The order that clears a board fastest.

STEP 01

Read what you are given

Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.

STEP 02

Anchor with the answers you are sure of

Each confirmed answer narrows the ones it touches, so the easy entries are worth the first minute.

STEP 03

Work outwards

Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.

How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify these answers

Every answer on this page is read from the game's own puzzle data rather than retyped from another site, and is checked against what the board actually provides — so nothing listed can use a letter the level does not give you. The counts shown are computed from the stored data, not typed in by hand.

Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.

Last checked — Aug 25, 2026
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