CodyCross Deserts of the World Group 1609 Puzzle 3 Answers
Every clue and answer from this grid, in puzzle order.
Deserts of the World Group 1609 Puzzle 3 — All 11 Clues
Listed in grid order. Letter counts are shown so you can match a row before typing.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Great __ annual wildebeest trek in the Serengeti | MIGRATION | 9 | |
| #2 | US state where the Carlsbad Caverns are found | NEW MEXICO | 13 | |
| #3 | Invitation __ Mischa Bartons 2023 crime film | TOAMURDER | 9 | |
| #4 | Clevelands basketball team | CAVALIERS | 9 | |
| #5 | Slow-moving people who hang back | LOITERERS | 9 | |
| #6 | African infectious disease similar to smallpox | MONKEYPOX | 9 | |
| #7 | Legendary sovereign with the golden touch | KINGMIDAS | 9 | |
| #8 | Eurasian warriors who drank their victims blood | SCYTHIANS | 9 | |
| #9 | Creole rice dish closely related to gumbo | JAMBALAYA | 9 | |
| #10 | The Real __ docuseries about Hollywood burglars | BLINGRING | 9 | |
| #11 | Dispute in front of judge and jury | COURTCASE | 9 |
How This Grid Breaks Down
This is puzzle 3 of group 1609 in the Deserts of the World world of CodyCross. It holds 11 clues, with answers running from 9 to 13 letters — the longest being NEW MEXICO.
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 1609. 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 1609 Puzzle 3 — Questions
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CodyCross in 9 Languages
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