Crossword Challenge Puzzle 233 Clues and Answers
Puzzle 233 of Crossword Challenge gives you 30 clues on a 8×10 board. Each one is listed below with a hint first and the answer second.
9 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 5 clues are pictures, and 3 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 1 clue wants 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 “Plant science”.
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 “Plant science”. 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.
PLANT SCIENCE
1Plant science
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with B. Solving “Fool” first gives you its sixth letter.
BOTANICAL
RESTING
2Resting
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with A. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
ABED
-ck
33
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-ck”). What is left starts with L.
LO
ALLOW
4Allow
Top row 4/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: L _ _. The third square is also part of “Not that”.
LET
OUT
5Out
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Out.
O
66
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: O _ _ V _. Check the fourth letter against “Wall clinger”.
OLIVE
SNOOPY
7Snoopy
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: N _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Not that”.
NOSY
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. B _ _ L _ _ N. Check the fifth letter against “Out”.
BALLOON
CLARINET COUSIN
9Clarinet cousin
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits O _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
OBOE
ga-
1010
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “ga-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with T.
TE
SUM
11Sum
Left column 4/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with A. Its third letter is shared with “Podium”.
ADD
NAP
12Nap
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Nap starts with the answer.
N
FOOL
13Fool
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with I. Check the fourth letter against “Wrote down”.
IDIOT
LARGE WATER TANK
14Large water tank
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ T _ _ N. The fifth square is also part of “Slugger”.
CISTERN
NOT PM
15Not pm
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Shape: A _. “Two nickels” crosses it at the second square.
AM
LET BORROW
16Let borrow
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits L _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Now”.
LEND
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
__CAL
17__CAL
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“__CAL” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with L.
LO
SLUGGER
18Slugger
Row 3, col 6 · 6 letters · down
Shape: H _ _ T _ _. The fourth square is also part of “Fool”.
HITTER
NOT THAT
19Not that
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
T _ _ _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
THIS
PODIUM
20Podium
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Fool”.
DAIS
WALL CLINGER
21Wall clinger
Row 5, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits I _ _. “Snoopy” crosses it at the third square.
IVY
WROTE DOWN
22Wrote down
Row 5, col 5 · 5 letters · down
N _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Love god”.
NOTED
STAKE
23Stake
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Shape: A _ _ _. “Slugger” crosses it at the third square.
ANTE
TWO NICKELS
24Two nickels
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ _. Solving “Not pm” first gives you its third letter.
DIME
-all
25____ALL
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “-all” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with I.
INST
ICY
26Icy
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Icy, nothing more.
I
STEAL FROM
27Steal from
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: R _ _. Solving “Blue-tooth” first gives you its third letter.
ROB
LOVE GOD
28Love god
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ _. “Steal from” crosses it at the third square.
EROS
NOW
29Now
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Now, nothing more.
N
BLUE-TOOTH
30Blue-tooth
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Blue-tooth”.
BT
Crossword Challenge Level 233 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 233 solved
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