Puzzle Page Daily Challenger Answers (October 2026)

If the standard daily crossword stopped giving you trouble a while ago, Challenger offers a bigger test. This larger crossword in Puzzle Page, the app published by AppyNation, gives you longer answers and moderately harder clues than the standard format.

Puzzle Page Challenger Grid

Challenger uses a 13 × 13 grid, making it a larger puzzle than the standard Puzzle Page Crossword. Its longer answers (compared to Puzzle Page Crossword solutions) give you more letters to work with, so a few confirmed crossings can make a real difference when you cannot find an answer.

Challenger appears on selected days and can appear alongside the standard Crossword. It doesn’t always replace the smaller puzzle, so check the title and date before choosing an answer page.

Who Should Be Solving It

Challenger suits solvers who already feel comfortable with the standard crossword and want a grid that pushes back a little more. If you’re newer to Puzzle Page’s crossword lineup, the regular Crossword is a useful place to build confidence before tackling this one.

How to Make Faster Progress on a Dense Grid

Fill in the short, obvious answers first. They give you crossing letters that make the longer entries easier to work out. Build outward from answers you know rather than starting at a particular edge of the grid.

Remember that an answer can represent more than one word, even though you enter its letters without spaces. This isn’t unique to Challenger, but it’s worth keeping in mind when a clue seems to call for a phrase.

Correct answers lock in automatically. Use those confirmed letters to narrow down uncertain entries, and reconsider a guess when it doesn’t fit the answers crossing it.

Looking for Something Shorter?

If today’s Challenger grid feels like too much of a commitment, the standard Puzzle Page Crossword offers a smaller grid. For an even shorter solving session, try the Puzzle Page Diamond answers.