Crossword Challenge Puzzle 221 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 221 is an 8×10 board with 31 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
10 of the 31 answers are one or two letters long. 4 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 “Polite man”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 221: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to the picture clue in the left column. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Polite man”. 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.
POLITE MAN
1Polite man
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
G _ _ T _ _ M _ _. Solving “Email” first gives you its sixth letter.
GENTLEMAN
KAN. NEIGHBOR
2Kan. neighbor
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with O. Solving “Northern lights” first gives you its third letter.
OKLA
fi-
33
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“fi-”). What is left starts with R.
RE
IN
4In
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
In starts with the answer.
I
LEGAL COUNSEL
5Legal counsel
Top row 5/7 · 6 letters · down
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ Y _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Yummy”.
LAWYER
LOGIC REASON ANALYSIS
6Logic reason analysis
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Abbreviate “Logic reason analysis” to its initials.
LRA
PIMPLES
7Pimples
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
A _ _ _. “Lake bird” crosses it at the third square.
ACNE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
88
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Name the object in the picture. G _ _ I _ _ A. “Legal counsel” crosses it at the fifth square.
GORILLA
SQUEEZE
9Squeeze
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
EKE
NORTHERN LIGHTS
10Northern lights
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Northern lights”.
NL
YUMMY
11Yummy
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ T _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Twig”.
TASTY
LAW
12Law
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Law, nothing more.
L
EMAIL
13Email
Left column 6/9 · 2 letters · across
Shape: E _. Its second letter is shared with “Sandwich spread”.
EM
1414
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with M. Solving “Place” first gives you its third letter.
MASK
YES VOTE
15Yes vote
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _. Check the third letter against “Place”.
AYE
NONE
16None
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with N; pattern N _ _ H _ _ G. “Glycemic index” crosses it at the fifth square.
NOTHING
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
BOW
17Bow
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _. The third square is also part of “Pimples”.
ARC
TWIG
18Twig
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Begins with S. Its fourth letter is shared with “Rocky outcrop”.
STICK
LAKE BIRD
19Lake bird
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: S _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Logic reason analysis”.
SWAN
STREET
20Street
Row 4, col 4 · 2 letters · down
S _. Its second letter is shared with “Row”.
ST
ELK
21Elk
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Elk, nothing more.
E
BLACK BIRD
22Black bird
Row 5, col 7 · 5 letters · down
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ E _. “X or y preceder” crosses it at the fourth square.
RAVEN
ROW
23Row
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Begins with T. Solving “Legal counsel” first gives you its third letter.
TIER
SANDWICH SPREAD
24Sandwich spread
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Fits M _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Yes vote”.
MAYO
2523
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to G _ _ _. Check the third letter against “X or y preceder”.
GONG
ROCKY OUTCROP
26Rocky outcrop
Row 7, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with C. “Black bird” crosses it at the third square.
CRAG
PLACE
27Place
Row 7, col 4 · 3 letters · down
S _ _. The third square is also part of “None”.
SET
___LUME
28___LUME
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “___LUME”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with V.
VO
GLYCEMIC INDEX
29Glycemic index
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Glycemic index” to its initials.
GI
X OR Y PRECEDER
30X or y preceder
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with G; pattern G _ _. The picture clue in the inside the grid crosses it at the third square.
GEN
HER
31Her
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Her.
H
Crossword Challenge Level 221 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 221 solved
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