CodyCross Deserts of the World Group 1617 Puzzle 3 Answers
Every clue and answer from this grid, in puzzle order.
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TürkçeDeserts of the World Group 1617 Puzzle 3 — All 19 Clues
Listed in grid order. Letter counts are shown so you can match a row before typing.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Baby swan | CYGNET | 6 | |
| #2 | The Great __ make up the center of the US | PLAINS | 6 | |
| #3 | Arranging roof slabs into rows | TILING | 6 | |
| #4 | Vietnam vet horror Jacobs__ | LADDER | 6 | |
| #5 | Sesame paste in hummus and baba ganoush | TAHINI | 6 | |
| #6 | Fashion trend of vests as shirts | SHESTS | 6 | |
| #7 | Crimefighter The Green __ | HORNET | 6 | |
| #8 | One two __ my shoe nursery rhyme | BUCKLE | 6 | |
| #9 | Substantial e.g. a satisfying meal | HEARTY | 6 | |
| #10 | __ Vacant Sex Pistols single from 1977 | PRETTY | 6 | |
| #11 | Flying technology used to find new cave paintings | DRONES | 6 | |
| #12 | Long canyon-like grooves on the Moons surface | RILLES | 6 | |
| #13 | Debra who played Edna Harper in Everwood | MOONEY | 6 | |
| #14 | the memorable midnight cowboy Jon | VOIGHT | 6 | |
| #15 | Ruth Wilsons 24-hour play The __ Woman | SECOND | 6 | |
| #16 | Disney Iguanodon in Dinosaur film | ALADAR | 6 | |
| #17 | Fitness YouTube channel hosted by Maddie Lymburner | MADFIT | 6 | |
| #18 | Equines on the expeditions of Scott and Shackleton | PONIES | 6 | |
| #19 | Fried Green Tomatoes author __ Flagg | FANNIE | 6 |
How This Grid Breaks Down
This is puzzle 3 of group 1617 in the Deserts of the World world of CodyCross. It holds 19 clues, with answers running from 6 to 6 letters — the longest being CYGNET.
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 2 or puzzle 4, or open the whole of group 1617. The Deserts of the World 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.
Group 1617 Puzzle 3 — Questions
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3 Tips for CodyCross
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.
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.
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 Solve a CodyCross Level
The order that clears a board fastest.
Read what you are given
Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.
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.
Work outwards
Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.
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 26, 2026