Crossword Challenge Puzzle 125 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 125 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 12 of them only one or two letters. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 2 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 4 want just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Useful approach”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 125: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Design motif”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Useful approach”. One of those two words unlocks the first letter of 15 others.
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.
USEFUL APPROACH
1Useful approach
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: P _ _ C _ _ C _ _. Check the sixth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
PRACTICAL
2Help
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Picture plus words: “HELP”. The answer opens with A.
AID
TRAIN
3Train
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Train starts with the answer.
T
THANK GOD
4Thank god
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
TG
OLDER PERSON
5Older person
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
E _ _ E _. “Musts” crosses it at the fourth square.
ELDER
POND GRASS
6Pond grass
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with R. Solving “Nature's droplets” first gives you its third letter.
REED
7Print media
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Use the text “PRINT MEDIA” if the picture is unclear. First letter N.
NEWSPAPER
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
DESIGN MOTIF
8Design motif
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
P _ _ T _ _ N. Check the fifth letter against “Older person”.
PATTERN
b--ck
9B--ck
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “b--ck” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with R.
RI
WITHOUT FURTHER ___
10WITHOUT FURTHER ___
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Which word finishes “WITHOUT FURTHER ___”? It fits A _ _.
ADO
CITY
11City
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of City.
C
NOT OUR
12Not our
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ I _. Its fourth letter is shared with “This or that”.
THEIR
barr--r
13Barr--r
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“barr--r”). What is left starts with I.
IE
CANADIAN NATIONAL
14Canadian national
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
CN
RANCH LAND
15Ranch land
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
A _ _ E _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “B__R”.
ACREAGE
SLY LOOK
16Sly look
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ _. Solving “Prefix for pay” first gives you its third letter.
LEER
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
PURE JOY
17Pure joy
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits G _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Pond grass”.
GLEE
FIRST NUMBER
18First number
Row 3, col 4 · 3 letters · down
O _ _. The third square is also part of “Not our”.
ONE
NATURE'S DROPLETS
19Nature's droplets
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits D _ _. Check the third letter against “Print media”.
DEW
THIS OR THAT
20This or that
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ H _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Assist someone”.
EITHER
MUSTS
21Musts
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with N. Solving “Pond grass” first gives you its fourth letter.
NEEDS
ERGO
22Ergo
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
H _ _ C _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Ranch land”.
HENCE
PLANET
23Planet
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Planet starts with the answer.
P
SEA PLANT
24Sea plant
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Ranch land”.
ALGA
TOWN
25Town
Row 7, col 4 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Town.
T
BATTERY SIZE
26Battery size
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
A _. Its second letter is shared with “Print media”.
AA
B__R
27B__R
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “B__R” and enter only the missing part, starting with E.
EA
ASSIST SOMEONE
28Assist someone
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits H _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Sea plant”.
HELP
PREFIX FOR PAY
29Prefix for pay
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _. Check the second letter against “Sly look”.
RE
ARGON
30Argon
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _. Check the second letter against “Print media”.
AR
Crossword Challenge Level 125 Solved Grid
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