Crossword Challenge Puzzle 420 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 420 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 10 of them only one or two letters. 3 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 4 want 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 “Lavish”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to the picture clue in the left column, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Lavish”, read top to bottom.
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.
LAVISH
1Lavish
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ U _ _ O _ _. Solving “Input” first gives you its sixth letter.
LUXURIOUS
COLISEUM SITE
2Coliseum site
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ N _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Single entity”.
ARENA
wi-
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“wi-”). What is left starts with N.
NE
STRATEGY
4Strategy
Top row 4/7 · 6 letters · down
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ T _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Single entity”.
TACTIC
EXIT
5Exit
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Exit starts with the answer.
E
MARSHY PLANT
6Marshy plant
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with R. Solving “__CISION” first gives you its fourth letter.
REEDY
LUMP
7Lump
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits N _ _ _. Solving “Mixed-gender school” first gives you its third letter.
NODE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: L _ _ T _ _ N. “Exit” crosses it at the fifth square.
LANTERN
KIDNEY EXCRETION
9Kidney excretion
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits U _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
UREA
XENON SYMBOL
10Xenon symbol
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
X _. Its second letter is shared with “Coliseum site”.
XE
SINGLE ENTITY
11Single entity
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits U _ _ _. Solving “Furious” first gives you its third letter.
UNIT
UN-COMMON THING
12Un-common thing
Left column 5/9 · 6 letters · across
R _ _ I _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Strategy”.
RARITY
INPUT
13Input
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Input.
I
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits O _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Furious”.
OAT
FORK OR SPOON
15Fork or spoon
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with U. “On edge” crosses it at the fifth square.
UTENSIL
SERVICE MARK
16Service mark
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Service mark”.
SM
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ENERGY OUTPUT
17Energy output
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Energy output”.
EO
OVERACT
18Overact
Row 3, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Overact starts with the answer.
O
MIXED-GENDER SCHOOL
19Mixed-gender school
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits C _ _ _. Solving “Marshy plant” first gives you its third letter.
COED
FURIOUS
20Furious
Row 4, col 4 · 5 letters · down
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ T _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the fourth square.
IRATE
__CISION
21__CISION
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “__CISION” and enter only the missing part, starting with D.
DE
ON EDGE
22On edge
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
T _ _ S _. Solving “Fork or spoon” first gives you its fourth letter.
TENSE
ADEPT
23Adept
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Fork or spoon”.
ABLE
EXPERT
24Expert
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · across
Shape: A _ _. Solving “On edge” first gives you its third letter.
ACE
BANK MACHINE
25Bank machine
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Shape: A _ _. The third square is also part of “Service mark”.
ATM
AFTER
26After
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of After.
A
LUNGFUL
27Lungful
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
A _ _. “Simply, nothing but” crosses it at the third square.
AIR
ARREST SUDDENLY
28Arrest suddenly
Row 8, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits N _ _. Solving “Adept” first gives you its third letter.
NAB
NAUTICAL MILE
29Nautical mile
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
NM
SIMPLY, NOTHING BUT
30Simply, nothing but
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with M. Its third letter is shared with “Lungful”.
MERE
Crossword Challenge Level 420 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 420 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 420 with us. Puzzle 421 is next, with 32 clues on a 8×10 board.