Crossword Challenge Puzzle 245 Clues and Answers
Puzzle 245 of Crossword Challenge gives you 28 clues on a 8×10 board. Each one is listed below with a hint first and the answer second.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 8 of them only one or two letters. 5 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants 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 “Timeless genre”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 245: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Fashion runway”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Timeless genre”. 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.
TIMELESS GENRE
1Timeless genre
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
C _ _ S _ _ C _ _. “Interest” crosses it at the sixth square.
CLASSICAL
ACCOUNT CHECK
2Account check
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
A _ _ I _. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
AUDIT
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE
3Traffic control device
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Traffic control device”.
TCD
ABBR. FOR WEEK
4Abbr. for week
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Begins with W. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its second letter.
WK
GRADE OPTION
5Grade option
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Think of one character, not a word, for “Grade option”.
A
66
Top row 6/7 · 9 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: L _ _ O _ _ I _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “Hex”.
LIMOUSINE
77
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to K _ _. “High memory yield” crosses it at the third square.
KEY
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
FASHION RUNWAY
8Fashion runway
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ W _ _ K. The fifth square is also part of “Grade option”.
CATWALK
99
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to L _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Traffic control device”.
LUCK
SUM
10Sum
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits A _ _. The third square is also part of “Traffic control device”.
ADD
-lo
11Latin for 'yes'
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “-lo” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with S.
SI
COMEDY ROUTINE
12Comedy routine
Left column 5/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ N _ _ P. Its fifth letter is shared with “Mythical serpent”.
STANDUP
INTEREST
13Interest
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Interest starts with the answer.
I
PIRATE
14Pirate
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ S _ _ R. Check the fifth letter against “Mythical serpent”.
CORSAIR
OFF THE WIND
15Off the wind
Left column 8/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with A. The third square is also part of “Big lot”.
ALEE
wor-
1616
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “wor-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with L.
LD
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ZOMB__
17ZOMB__
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “ZOMB__” go in the grid. First one: I.
IE
MYTHICAL SERPENT
18Mythical serpent
Row 3, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Begins with H. Its fourth letter is shared with “Hex”.
HYDRA
HIGH MEMORY YIELD
19High memory yield
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 3 squares.
HMY
NOT YET USED
20Not yet used
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Fits U _ _ S _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Pirate”.
UNUSED
USE YOUR OWN
21Use your own
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
UYO
BIG LOT
22Big lot
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with A; pattern A _ _ _. Solving “Pirate” first gives you its third letter.
ACRE
RISK
23Risk
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Shape: P _ _ I _. Check the fourth letter against “__GHT”.
PERIL
HEX
24Hex
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: C _ _ S _. The fourth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
CURSE
NOT NEW
25Not new
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Begins with O. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
OLD
__GHT
26__GHT
Row 9, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Only the hidden letters of “__GHT” go in the grid. First one: N.
NI
AFTER T
27After t
Row 9, col 6 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from T in the alphabet.
U
SWORD FIGHT
28Sword fight
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
DUEL
Crossword Challenge Level 245 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 245 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 245 with us. Puzzle 246 is next, with 29 clues on a 8×10 board.