Crossword Challenge Puzzle 263 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 29 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 263, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 11 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in, and 1 of it needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Sunrise time”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to the picture clue in the top row. Solve one of those two and every edge clue starts with a known letter.
Hints and answers, clue by clue
Clues look the way they do in the game. Tap Hint for a nudge or Answer to see the letters. The fully solved grid is below the hints.
Top row
These sit along the top edge and every answer runs down.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. M _ _ I _ _ N _ _. The sixth square is also part of “Atoms with charges”.
MEDICINES
do-
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 2 letters · down
The image carries “do-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with O.
OR
UNCOOKED
3Uncooked
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Place question”.
RAW
BEFORE O
4Before o
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right before O.
N
OBJECTS
5Objects
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
I _ _ M _. The fourth square is also part of “Actress stone”.
ITEMS
USUAL FIGURE
6Usual figure
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: N _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Place question”.
NORM
EXCEL-LENCE
7Excel-lence
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with G. “Billion” crosses it at the sixth square.
GREATNESS
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
SUNRISE TIME
8Sunrise time
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with M. Solving “Objects” first gives you its fifth letter.
MORNING
TIME PERIOD
9Time period
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: E _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Uncooked”.
ERA
AFTER C
10After c
Left column 3/9 · 1 letter · across
The alphabet letter right after C.
D
b-
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “b-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with I.
IB
CATEGORY
12Category
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits C _ _ S _. Check the fourth letter against “Burlap fabric”.
CLASS
ATOMS WITH CHARGES
13Atoms with charges
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits I _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Account number”.
IONS
-t
14__RSE
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
The image carries “-t”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with N.
NU
WEALTHY HOMES
15Wealthy homes
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: E _ _ A _ _ S. Its fifth letter is shared with “Down-town”.
ESTATES
VIEWED
16Viewed
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
S _ _ _. The third square is also part of “MINU__”.
SEEN
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ROCKY PEAK
17Rocky peak
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _. Solving “Excel-lence” first gives you its third letter.
TOR
BURLAP FABRIC
18Burlap fabric
Row 3, col 5 · 7 letters · down
Begins with H. “Doing nothing” crosses it at the fifth square.
HESSIAN
PLACE QUESTION
19Place question
Row 4, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with W; pattern W _ _ R _. The fourth square is also part of “Usual figure”.
WHERE
WOMEN'S TOP
20Women's top
Row 4, col 3 · 6 letters · down
Fits B _ _ U _ _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
BLOUSE
ACTRESS STONE
21Actress stone
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits E _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Usual figure”.
EMMA
ACCOUNT NUMBER
22Account number
Row 5, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Account number” to its initials.
AN
TELLER
23Teller
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Teller.
T
PAST OF BLOW
24Past of blow
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
B _ _ _. “Wealthy homes” crosses it at the third square.
BLEW
BILLION
25Billion
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
B _. “Excel-lence” crosses it at the second square.
BN
DOWN-TOWN
26Down-town
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
DT
DOING NOTHING
27Doing nothing
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
I _ _ _. “Past of blow” crosses it at the third square.
IDLE
MINU__
28MINU__
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Fill the gap in “MINU__”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with T.
TE
WINTER STORM
29Winter storm
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
WS
Crossword Challenge Level 263 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 263 solved
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