Crossword Challenge Puzzle 224 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 224 is an 8×10 board with 29 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
10 of the 29 answers are one or two letters long. 5 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks 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; 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.
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 the picture clue in the top row, 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.
11
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Describe the picture in one word that fits P _ _ E _ _ P _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its sixth letter.
PINEAPPLE
PAST
2Past
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with A. Its third letter is shared with “11th month”.
AGO
RUSTIC
3Rustic
Top row 3/7 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Rustic, nothing more.
R
SUPERMAN
4Superman
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Shape: S _. Check the second letter against “____LITY”.
SM
MEMOS
5Memos
Top row 5/7 · 5 letters · down
N _ _ E _. “Coliseum site” crosses it at the fourth square.
NOTES
66
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: I _ _ _. Solving “Rocky peak” first gives you its third letter.
IRON
VARIABLE LIMIT
7Variable limit
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with P; pattern P _ _ A _ _ T _ _. “Not she” crosses it at the sixth square.
PARAMETER
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
88
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: P _ _ S _ _ P. Check the fifth letter against “Memos”.
PARSNIP
INITIAL GOAL
9Initial goal
Left column 2/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Initial goal”.
IG
11TH MONTH
1011th month
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with N; pattern N _ _. “Futile” crosses it at the third square.
NOV
MUSICAL NOTE
11Musical note
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
A single letter or symbol answers “Musical note”.
E
PEN NAME
12Pen name
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ A _. Check the fourth letter against “Fairly”.
ALIAS
1313
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to P _ _ _. Solving “Futile” first gives you its third letter.
PANT
PHYSICAL THERAPY
14Physical therapy
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Physical therapy”.
PT
PERMIT
15Permit
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits L _ _ E _ _ E. The fifth square is also part of “Account number”.
LICENSE
gard-
1616
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“gard-”). What is left starts with E.
ENER
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
____LITY
17____LITY
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · across
“____LITY” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with M.
MORA
FUTILE
18Futile
Row 3, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Fits V _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Pen name”.
VAIN
ROCKY PEAK
19Rocky peak
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits T _ _. Solving “Variable limit” first gives you its third letter.
TOR
FAIRLY
20Fairly
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Shape: R _ _ H _ _. Check the fourth letter against “High: fr.”.
RATHER
COLISEUM SITE
21Coliseum site
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
A _ _ N _. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
ARENA
ITALIAN ANCESTOR
22Italian ancestor
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ I _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Permit”.
LATIN
MEN
23Men
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Men starts with the answer.
M
QUIET
24Quiet
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Fits H _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Permit”.
HUSH
NOT SHE
25Not she
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Starts with H; pattern H _. Its second letter is shared with “Variable limit”.
HE
ACCOUNT NUMBER
26Account number
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Account number” to its initials.
AN
HIGH: FR.
27High: fr.
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with H. Check the third letter against “Quiet”.
HAUT
PIE__
28PIE__
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Rebuild the word in “PIE__” and enter only the missing part, starting with C.
CE
HUMAN RESOURCE
29Human resource
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Human resource”.
HR
Crossword Challenge Level 224 Solved Grid
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