Crossword Challenge Puzzle 140 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 140? All 30 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
Short answers dominate here: 10 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 5 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; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 2 of them need 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 the picture clue in the left column, 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
What is shown in the image? Shape: C _ _ I _ _ A _ _. Solving “Mutually used” first gives you its sixth letter.
CROISSANT
___THETIC
2___THETIC
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Only the hidden letters of “___THETIC” go in the grid. First one: A.
AES
-cket
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-cket”). What is left starts with R.
RA
PEN WIELDER
4Pen wielder
Top row 4/7 · 6 letters · down
Fits W _ _ T _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Pebble”.
WRITER
ABET
5Abet
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Abet, nothing more.
A
SHORTLY
6Shortly
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Clothes presser”.
SOON
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to H _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Pebble”.
HONEY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to C _ _ W _ _ H. The fifth square is also part of “Abet”.
CARWASH
END
9End
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits R _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
REAR
OPEN SOURCE
10Open source
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
OS
AFTER H
11After h
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to H; the answer is its next letter.
I
STRONG METAL
12Strong metal
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits S _ _ E _. Solving “Pen wielder” first gives you its fourth letter.
STEEL
MUTUALLY USED
13Mutually used
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Begins with S. “Pen wielder” crosses it at the fourth square.
SHARED
VISUAL WORKS
14Visual works
Left column 7/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. The third square is also part of “Places to sit”.
ART
BIRD'S HOME
15Bird's home
Left column 8/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: N _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Places to sit”.
NEST
dele-
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “dele-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with T.
TE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
DOUBLE O
17Double o
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shape: O _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its second letter.
OO
ACTOR'S PARTS
18Actor's parts
Row 3, col 6 · 5 letters · down
R _ _ E _. “Mutually used” crosses it at the fourth square.
ROLES
CLOTHES PRESSER
19Clothes presser
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ _. Solving “Shortly” first gives you its third letter.
IRON
PLACES TO SIT
20Places to sit
Row 4, col 4 · 5 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ T _. The fourth square is also part of “Visual works”.
SEATS
PEBBLE
21Pebble
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ N _. Check the fourth letter against “Shortly”.
STONE
2+1
222+1
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Shape: T _ _ E _. The fourth square is also part of “Bird's home”.
THREE
YOGA
23Yoga
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Yoga.
Y
BLUNT
24Blunt
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Fits D _ _ _. Solving “Level up” first gives you its third letter.
DULL
DIRT AFTER RAIN
25Dirt after rain
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Starts with M; pattern M _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Kept in hand”.
MUD
ADD
26Add
Row 8, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: S _ _. “Dirt after rain” crosses it at the third square.
SUM
GROW__
27GROW__
Row 8, col 5 · 2 letters · down
“GROW__” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with T.
TH
LEVEL UP
28Level up
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
LU
MUSICAL NOTE
29Musical note
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
One letter only. It is the standard short form for “Musical note”.
E
KEPT IN HAND
30Kept in hand
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
H _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Blunt”.
HELD
Crossword Challenge Level 140 Solved Grid
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