Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1257 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 1257 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 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; 4 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 3 of them need only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Change from a norm”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 1257: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Grant respect”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Change from a norm”. 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.
CHANGE FROM A NORM
1Change from a norm
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
D _ _ I _ _ I _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its sixth letter.
DEVIATION
KEEN ON
2Keen on
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with I. Solving “Virtual tour” first gives you its third letter.
INTO
GOOD DAY
3Good day
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Good day”.
GD
AFTER M
4After m
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
The alphabet letter right after M.
N
ADV___R
5ADV___R
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
“ADV___R” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with I.
ISO
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. F _ _ N _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Nations league”.
FUNNEL
GIVE WAY
7Give way
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Y _ _ L _. “Nations league” crosses it at the fourth square.
YIELD
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
GRANT RESPECT
8Grant respect
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: D _ _ N _ _ Y. Check the fifth letter against “ADV___R”.
DIGNIFY
FINAL STAGE
9Final stage
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
E _ _. “Good day” crosses it at the third square.
END
VIRTUAL TOUR
10Virtual tour
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
VT
HAWKEYE STATE
11Hawkeye state
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Wish for”.
IOWA
ACCEPT
12Accept
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Accept.
A
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to T _ _ N _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Earned”.
TUNNEL
BURY
14Bury
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits I _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Earned”.
INTER
OFF TOPIC
15Off topic
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
OT
di---aur
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
The image carries “di---aur”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with N.
NOS
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
JUMP___T
17JUMP___T
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
“JUMP___T” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with S.
SUI
EARNED
18Earned
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Fits G _ _ N _ _. The fourth square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
GAINED
DEPARTED
19Departed
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with G; pattern G _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
GONE
WISH FOR
20Wish for
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with W; pattern W _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
WANT
NATIONS LEAGUE
21Nations league
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
NL
DESERVE
22Deserve
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
M _ _ I _. Solving “Food course” first gives you its fourth letter.
MERIT
FOCUSED
23Focused
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
A _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
AIMED
TO OR TOWARD
24To or toward
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Begins with U. Check the third letter against “Off topic”.
UNTO
RESISTOR UNIT
25Resistor unit
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Begins with O. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the inside the grid.
OHM
AVIAT_R
26AVIAT_R
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
“AVIAT_R” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with O.
O
ADVERB
27Adverb
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Fits S _. Its second letter is shared with the picture clue in the inside the grid.
SO
FOOD COURSE
28Food course
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Adverb”.
DISH
SHIP
29Ship
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Ship.
S
s---ach
30___ORROW
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Picture word minus “sach” gives the answer. First letter: T.
TOM
Crossword Challenge Level 1257 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 1257 solved
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