These are the answers to the Puzzle Page Crossword Challenger for , puzzle ID 25708. The board below is the completed 13×12 grid exactly as it looks in the app once every square is filled . It contains 25 answer words, all listed underneath the grid so you can find the entry you are stuck on without reading the whole board.
Crossword Challenger is one of 20 puzzle types published in Puzzle Page, and this date carried 0 puzzles in total — you can see all of them on the page. To work through this game date by date, use the full Crossword Challenger archive.
The board above is the completed grid exactly as the app shows it once every square is filled. One crossing letter is normally enough to unblock a corner without reading the rest.
Puzzle Page numbers each game separately, so the ID on this page belongs to Crossword Challenger alone — a Sudoku published the same day carries a different one. If the grid here stops matching your screen the app has been updated; say so in the comments and it gets re-checked. Every grid on this site is captured from the finished puzzle rather than copied from another answers site.
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How Puzzle Page Crossword Challenger Works
The hardest crossword tier in Puzzle Page. Larger grids, more cryptic phrasing and fewer gimme clues than the daily crossword.
Tips for Puzzle Page Crossword Challenger
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Do a first pass and only write in what you are certain of — guessing early is costlier here because corrections cascade.
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Challenger leans on general knowledge: place names, historical figures and older vocabulary appear more often.
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When a clue reads oddly, suspect wordplay rather than a definition.
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Leave long entries until their crossings are in. The extra grid size means more crossings to exploit.
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Challenger grids run larger with fewer black squares, so a wrong answer propagates further. Confirm a long entry on two crossings before committing it.
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Scan for entries with a strong pattern — a Q, an X, or a double letter — and anchor the grid on those before filling the open middle.
Puzzle Page Crossword Challenger Facts
| Puzzle type | Crossword Challenger |
|---|---|
| Date | |
| Puzzle ID | 25708 |
| Grid size | 13 x 12 |
| Theme | — |
| Answer words | 25 |
3 Tips for Puzzle Page
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 Puzzle Page 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 25, 2026